Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Inwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Inwood
- 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 Inwood:
- 32.930680, -96.821668
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Inwood
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Inwood is near Collin County and also Denton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Collin County
- eBird sighting report for Denton County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Inwood ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Inwood.
Within Texas, the name Inwood is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Jackson County
- This Inwood is located in Jackson County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the east of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Inwood.
- Polk County
- This Inwood is located in Polk County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the east southeast of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Inwood.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Manitoba
- This Inwood lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<1> to the north of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Inwood is located in Nassau County and lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Inwood.
- New York County
- This Inwood is located in New York County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km] to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Inwood.
- Queens 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 New York community of Inwood [Queens County].
- Ontario
- This Inwood lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inwood that is located in Dallas County.
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Inwood ...
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.
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Eagle Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Farmers Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Branch
- Farmers Branch is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmers Branch <4>
- Gribble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Jim Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Lewisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112,232 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <4>
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Murphy is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <4>
- Oak Cliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Trinity Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- University Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- University Park is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,885 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for University Park <4>
How Far From Inwood 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 community such as Inwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Inwood and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Inwood to Dallas, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,712 miles [12,411.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,591 miles [8,997.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Inwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Inwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Inwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9307, Longitude: -96.8217 In this case, the coordinates for Inwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Inwood 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Inwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.977 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.548 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.654 degrees. |