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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 Lolaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lolaville 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 Lolaville:
- 33.097342, -96.805278
- 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 Lolaville
- 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 Lolaville is near Denton County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Lolaville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lolaville ...
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.
- Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Farmers Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Hackberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
- Little Elm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Murphy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prosper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockhill is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Trinity Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
How Far From Lolaville 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 Lolaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lolaville and extending to:
- McKinney, which is the Seat of Collin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lolaville to McKinney, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 203 miles [326.7 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 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,703 miles [12,396.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,582 miles [8,983.4 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lolaville) 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 Lolaville 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 Lolaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0973, Longitude: -96.8053 In this case, the coordinates for Lolaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.986 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.58 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.627 degrees. |
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