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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 Marlow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marlow 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 Marlow:
    • 30.848709, -96.921704
    • 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 Marlow
  • 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 Milam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Milam County
    • Since Marlow is near Robertson County and also Bell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bell 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 Marlow

Communities Also Named Marlow ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Marlow.

Within Texas, the name Marlow is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Marlow is located in Baldwin County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the east of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Marlow.
    • Georgia
      • Effingham County
      • This Marlow is located in Effingham County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the east of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Marlow.
      • Hall County
      • This Marlow is located in Hall County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the east northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Marlow.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This Marlow is located in Jefferson County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Marlow.
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton County
      • This Marlow is located in Clinton County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Marlow.
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • This Marlow is located in Dunklin County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Marlow.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Marlow is located in Cheshire County and lies 1,596 miles [2,568.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Marlow.
    • Oklahoma
      • Stephens County
      • This Marlow is located in Stephens County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Marlow.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 South Carolina community of Marlow [Horry County].
    • South Dakota
      • Marshall County
      • This Marlow is located in Marshall County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the north of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marlow.
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Marlow is located in Anderson County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Marlow.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Marlow is located in Davis County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marlow that is located in Milam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Marlow.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marlow ...

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.

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

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

  • Cameron, which is the Seat of Milam County, lies just to the West.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Marlow to Austin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,820 miles [12,585.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marlow) 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 Marlow 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 Marlow 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 Marlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8487, Longitude: -96.9217    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.761 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.031 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.912 degrees.