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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 Kinsloe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinsloe 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 Kinsloe:
- 32.433761, -94.824381
- 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 Kinsloe
- 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 Gregg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg County
- Since Kinsloe is near Rusk County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Kinsloe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinsloe ...
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.
- Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Elderville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elderville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Liberty City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Longview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Longview Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longview Heights is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Red Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Level is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Seven Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
How Far From Kinsloe 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 Kinsloe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kinsloe and extending to:
- Longview, which is the Seat of Gregg County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kinsloe to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kinsloe) 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 Kinsloe 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 Kinsloe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4338, Longitude: -94.8244 In this case, the coordinates for Kinsloe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.596 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.865 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.83 degrees. |
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