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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 Ladonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ladonia 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 Ladonia:
- 33.425069, -95.945043
- 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 Ladonia
- 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Since Ladonia is near Hunt County and also Delta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta 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 Ladonia
Communities Also Named Ladonia ...
We found three communities that are also named Ladonia.
Within Texas, the name Ladonia is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Russell County
- This Ladonia is located in Russell County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ladonia that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Ladonia.
- Florida
- Citrus 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 Florida community of Ladonia [Citrus County].
- North Carolina
- Surry County
- This Ladonia is located in Surry County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ladonia that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Ladonia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ladonia ...
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.
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flag Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flag Springs is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Flat Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Prairie is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Prairie
- Hail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jot-Em-Down
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Silver City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
How Far From Ladonia 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 town such as Ladonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ladonia and extending to:
- Bonham, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ladonia to Bonham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,531 miles [8,901.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ladonia) 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 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 Ladonia 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ladonia 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 Ladonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4251, Longitude: -95.9450 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.452 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.995 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.201 degrees. |
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