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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 Lytle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lytle 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 Lytle:
- 32.641245, -97.332794
- 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 Lytle
- 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 Tarrant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Since Lytle is near Johnson County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis 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 Lytle
Communities Also Named Lytle ...
We found six communities that are also named Lytle.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Lytle.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Atascosa County
- This Lytle is located in Atascosa County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lytle that is located in Tarrant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Lytle.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Geneva County
- This Lytle is located in Geneva County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lytle that is located in Tarrant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geneva County community of Lytle.
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Lytle [El Paso County].
- Georgia
- Walker County
- This Lytle is located in Walker County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lytle that is located in Tarrant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Lytle.
- Ohio
- Warren County
- This Lytle is located in Warren County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lytle that is located in Tarrant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Lytle.
- Wisconsin
- La Crosse 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 Wisconsin community of Lytle [La Crosse County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lytle ...
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.
- Boss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boss is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Cross Timber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Edgecliff Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
- Joshua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marystown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marystown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Plover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plover is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Sublett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sublett is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Valley Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wooded Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Lytle 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 Lytle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lytle and extending to:
- Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lytle to Austin, with an average speed<4>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 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,747 miles [12,467.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lytle) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lytle 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lytle 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 Lytle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6412, Longitude: -97.3328 In this case, the coordinates for Lytle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.282 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.87 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.915 degrees. |
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