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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 Lively, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lively 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 Lively:
    • 33.595373, -99.179795
    • 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 Lively
  • 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 Baylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baylor County
    • Since Lively is near Archer County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Lively

Communities Also Named Lively ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lively.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Lively.

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

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Kaufman County
      • This Lively is located in Kaufman County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Lively.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead 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 Arkansas community of Lively [Hempstead County].
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This Lively is located in Benton County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lively.
    • Ontario
      • This Lively lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Lively is located in Marshall County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Lively.
    • Virginia
      • Lancaster County
      • This Lively is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lively.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Lively is located in Fayette County and lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lively that is located in Baylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lively.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lively ...

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.

  • Dundee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dundee is located in Archer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Grayback
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Grayback is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayback
  • Hoot and Holler Crossing
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Red Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
  • Rhineland
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rhineland is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhineland
  • Rock Crossing
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rock Crossing is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
  • Round Timber ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
  • Spring Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek

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

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

  • Seymour, which is the Seat of Baylor County, lies just to the West.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Lively 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 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,770 miles [12,504.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lively) 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 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 Lively 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 Lively 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 Lively. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5954, Longitude: -99.1798       In this case, the coordinates for Lively have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.664 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.615 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.666 degrees.