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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 Joe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Joe 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 Joe:
- 33.799547, -96.530547
- 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 Joe
- 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Since Joe is near Bryan County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Joe
Communities Also Named Joe ...
We found four communities that are also named Joe.
Within Texas, the name Joe is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Joe [Rankin County].
- North Carolina
- Madison 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 North Carolina community of Joe [Madison County].
- Ohio
- Hocking County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Joe [Hocking County].
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa 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 Oklahoma community of Joe [Tulsa County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Joe ...
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.
- Carpenters Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
- Cartwright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fink is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink
- Frontier Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Glen Eden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Eden is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Olive is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Pickwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pickwick is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Platter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red River City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- Twin City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
- Woodlake Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodlake Park is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park
How Far From Joe 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 Joe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Joe and extending to:
- Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Joe to Sherman, with an average speed<5> 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 254 miles [408.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,537 miles [8,910.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Joe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Joe 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Joe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Joe 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 Joe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7995, Longitude: -96.5305 In this case, the coordinates for Joe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.887 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.552 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.419 degrees. |
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