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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 Lavon Lake Lodges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lavon Lake Lodges 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 Lavon Lake Lodges:
- 33.037897, -96.502488
- 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 Lavon Lake Lodges
- 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 Collin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Since Lavon Lake Lodges is near Dallas County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Lavon Lake Lodges
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lavon Lake Lodges ...
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.
- Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Branch is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Clear Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Copeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Little Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Ridge is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Ridge
- Lucas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nevada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trinity Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Park is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Park
How Far From Lavon Lake Lodges 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 Lavon Lake Lodges to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lavon Lake Lodges and extending to:
- McKinney, which is the Seat of Collin County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lavon Lake Lodges to McKinney, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,157 miles [1,862 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,694 miles [12,382.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lavon Lake Lodges) 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 Lavon Lake Lodges 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 Lavon Lake Lodges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0379, Longitude: -96.5025 In this case, the coordinates for Lavon Lake Lodges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.777 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.326 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.498 degrees. |
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