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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 Landrum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landrum 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 Landrum:
    • 26.043967, -97.698603
    • 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 Landrum
  • 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 Cameron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron County
    • Since Landrum is near Hidalgo County and also Willacy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Willacy 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 Landrum

Communities Also Named Landrum ...

We found five communities that are also named Landrum.

Within Texas, the name Landrum is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Landrum is located in Citrus County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Landrum that is located in Cameron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Landrum.
    • Georgia
      • Dawson County
      • This Landrum is located in Dawson County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Landrum that is located in Cameron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Landrum.
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Landrum [Clark County].
    • Missouri
      • Lawrence County
      • This Landrum is located in Lawrence County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Landrum that is located in Cameron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Landrum.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Landrum is located in Spartanburg County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Landrum that is located in Cameron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Landrum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Landrum ...

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.

  • Alto Real
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Alto Real is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Real
    • Alto Real has also been known as:
    • Alto Real Colonia
  • Bishop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bishop is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Bishop has also been known as:
    • Bishop Colonia
  • Bixby
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bixby is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
  • Bluetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bluetown is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluetown
    • Bluetown has also been known as:
    • Blue Town
    • Bluetown Colonia
  • Graham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Graham is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Graham has also been known as:
    • Graham Colonia
  • Green Valley Farms
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Valley Farms is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Farms
    • Green Valley Farms has also been known as:
    • Green Valley Farms Colonia
  • Indian Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Indian Lake is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Nancy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nancy is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
    • Nancy has also been known as:
    • Nancy Colonia
  • Palm Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Palm Valley is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
  • Rangerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rangerville is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangerville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 289 people
    • Rangerville has also been known as:
    • Rangerville Colonia
  • Stardust
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stardust is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stardust
    • Stardust has also been known as:
    • Stardust Colonia
  • Sunrise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunrise is located in Hidalgo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunrise has also been known as:
    • Sunrise Colonia
  • Windsong Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsong Village is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Village
    • Windsong Village has also been known as:
    • Windsong Village Colonia

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

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

  • Brownsville, which is the Seat of Cameron County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Landrum to Brownsville, with an average speed<3> 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 291 miles [468.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,374 miles [11,867.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,090 miles [13,019.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Landrum) 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 Landrum 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 Landrum 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 Landrum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0440, Longitude: -97.6986       In this case, the coordinates for Landrum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.448 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.046 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.565 degrees.