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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 Johnsons Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsons Station 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 Johnsons Station:
- 32.691607, -97.128474
- 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 Johnsons Station
- 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 Tarrant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Since Johnsons Station is near Dallas County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis 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 Johnsons Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsons Station ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- Edgecliff Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Florence Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Florence Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Grand Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sublett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sublett is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- University Park Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
How Far From Johnsons Station 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 community such as Johnsons Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Johnsons Station and extending to:
- Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Johnsons Station to Fort Worth, with an average speed<3> 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 171 miles [275.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,736 miles [12,449.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnsons Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Johnsons Station 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 Johnsons Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6916, Longitude: -97.1285 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.152 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.818 degrees. |
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