Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lisbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lisbon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lisbon
- 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 Lisbon:
- 32.696934, -96.794263
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lisbon
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Lisbon is near Ellis County and also Tarrant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ellis County
- eBird sighting report for Tarrant 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lisbon ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Lisbon.
Within Texas, the name Lisbon is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Lincoln County
- This Lisbon is located in Lincoln County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Lisbon.
- Walker 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 Georgia community of Lisbon [Walker County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Henry 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 Indiana community of Lisbon [Henry County].
- Noble County
- This Lisbon is located in Noble County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Lisbon.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua 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 Lisbon [Chautauqua County].
- Gove County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Gove County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gove County community of Lisbon.
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lisbon [Logan County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- Grant 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 New Mexico community of Lisbon [Grant County].
- Hidalgo County
- This Lisbon is located in Hidalgo County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Lisbon.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Bladen County
- This Lisbon is located in Bladen County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Lisbon.
- Sampson 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 North Carolina community of Lisbon [Sampson County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Clark County
- This Lisbon is located in Clark County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lisbon.
- Columbiana County
- This Lisbon is located in Columbiana County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km] to the northeast of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Lisbon.
- Ontario
- This Lisbon lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lisbon that is located in Dallas County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Laurens 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 South Carolina community of Lisbon [Laurens County].
- Richland County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lisbon [Richland County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lisbon ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,820 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Hill <4>
- DeSoto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeSoto
- DeSoto is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeSoto <4>
- Eagle Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Fruitdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Jim Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Oak Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Pleasant Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run is located in Dallas County
- Shamrock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - University Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- University Park is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,885 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for University Park <4>
How Far From Lisbon 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 Lisbon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Lisbon once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lisbon and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lisbon to Austin, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lisbon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lisbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6969, Longitude: -96.7943 |
| <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 Lisbon, 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 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 Lisbon 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lisbon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.929 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.462 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.667 degrees. |