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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 Kildare, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kildare 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 Kildare:
    • 32.943749, -94.249596
    • 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 Kildare
  • 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
    • Since Kildare is near Marion County and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Kildare

Communities Also Named Kildare ...

We found six communities that are also named Kildare.

Within Texas, the name Kildare is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Effingham County
      • This Kildare is located in Effingham County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the east of the Kildare that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Kildare.
    • Kansas
      • Phillips 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 Kansas community of Kildare [Phillips County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Kildare is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kildare that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Kildare.
    • New York
      • Franklin County
      • This Kildare is located in Franklin County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kildare that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Kildare.
    • Oklahoma
      • Kay County
      • This Kildare is located in Kay County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Kildare that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Kildare.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kildare ...

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.

  • Caves Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Caves Spring is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caves Spring
  • Evans
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Evans is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Hall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Kildare Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kildare Junction is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare Junction
  • New Colony
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • New Colony is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Colony
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Prospect
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rambo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rambo is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambo
  • Roach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Roach is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach

How Far From Kildare to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kildare to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kildare and extending to:

  • Linden, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kildare to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,483 miles [8,824 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Kildare) 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 Kildare 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 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 Kildare 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 Kildare. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9437, Longitude: -94.2496    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.282 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.563 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.513 degrees.