Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lake Kiowa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Kiowa and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Kiowa

• 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 Lake Kiowa:
  • 33.577054, -97.013063
  • 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 Lake Kiowa

• 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 Cooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
  • Since Lake Kiowa is near Grayson County and also Denton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Denton 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 Lake Kiowa

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Kiowa ...

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.

• Cook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cook is located in Cooke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
• Dixie
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixie is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Ethel
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ethel is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
• Mountain Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
• Pilot Point
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pilot Point is located in Denton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,673 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot Point <1>
• Shady Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Shady Grove is located in Cooke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Sturgeon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sturgeon is located in Cooke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
• Union Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Hill is located in Denton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
• Walnut Bend
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Walnut Bend is located in Cooke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend

How Far From Lake Kiowa 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 Lake Kiowa to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Kiowa and extending to:

• Gainesville, which is the Seat of Cooke County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Kiowa 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,687 miles [12,371 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'