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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Huxley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huxley and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Huxley:
- 31.733601, -93.869819
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Huxley
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Huxley is near Sabine Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Huxley
Communities Also Named Huxley ...
We found five communities that are also named Huxley.
Within Texas, the name Huxley is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Huxley lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Huxley that is located in Shelby County.
- Iowa
- Story County
- This Huxley is located in Story County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the north of the Huxley that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Huxley.
- Kentucky
- Laurel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Huxley [Laurel County].
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Huxley.
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Huxley [Churchill County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huxley ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Alexanders Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alexanders Store is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexanders Store
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goober Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goober Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goober Hill
- Hunter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Jordans Store
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordans Store is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordans Store
- New Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Harmony is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Noble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ragtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ragtown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Union Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Springs is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Springs
How Far From Huxley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Huxley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Huxley and extending to:
- Center, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Huxley to Center, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,649 miles [12,309.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Huxley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Huxley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Huxley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Huxley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Huxley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7336, Longitude: -93.8698 In this case, the coordinates for Huxley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.894 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.953 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.509 degrees. |
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