Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jewett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jewett and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jewett
- 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 Jewett:
- 31.362469, -96.144111
- 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 Jewett
- 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Leon County
- Since Jewett is near Limestone County and also Freestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- eBird sighting report for Freestone 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 Jewett ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Jewett.
Within Texas, the name Jewett is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Catron County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Catron County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Jewett.
- San Juan County
- This community is historic and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Jewett.
- New York
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jewett ...
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.
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Leon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Leon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <4>
- Fair Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Freestone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Leon County
- Long Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Long Hollow is located in Leon County
- Luna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Margie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Marshy Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshy Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshy Springs
- Marshy Springs is located in Freestone County
- Robbins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Round Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Round Prairie is located in Robertson County
How Far From Jewett to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Jewett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jewett and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jewett to Centerville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,762 miles [12,491.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,639 miles [9,075.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jewett. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jewett 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jewett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jewett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3625, Longitude: -96.1441 |
| <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 Jewett, 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> | 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. |
| <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 Jewett 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 319.322 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.579 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.525 degrees. |