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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 Lindale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lindale 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 Lindale:
    • 32.470881, -95.388472
    • 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 Lindale
  • 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
    • Since Lindale is near Van Zandt County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Zandt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Lindale

Communities Also Named Lindale ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lindale.

Within Texas, the name Lindale is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Lindale lies 1,722 miles [2,771.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lindale that is located in Smith County.
    • Arkansas
      • Calhoun County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lindale [Calhoun County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Lindale is located in Floyd County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lindale that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Lindale.
    • Kansas
      • Rush County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lindale [Rush County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Lindale is located in Saint Clair County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the north of the Lindale that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Lindale.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Lindale is located in Clermont County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lindale that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Lindale.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lindale [Suffolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lindale ...

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.

  • Friendship
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendship is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Garden Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Valley is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Hide-A-Way Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hide-A-Way Lake is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Lake
  • Hideaway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hideaway is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • New Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Harmony is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Pine Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Springs is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
  • Red Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Springs is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
  • Sand Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sand Flat is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat
  • Shady Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Swan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Swan is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
  • Wood Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Wood Springs is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs

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

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

  • Tyler, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lindale to Tyler, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 1,118 miles [1,799.2 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 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,677 miles [12,354.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lindale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lindale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lindale 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.
<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 Lindale 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 Lindale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4709, Longitude: -95.3885       In this case, the coordinates for Lindale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.97 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.308 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.071 degrees.