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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 Marystown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marystown 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 Marystown:
- 32.459863, -97.320015
- 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 Marystown
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Marystown is near Tarrant County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant 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 Marystown
Communities Also Named Marystown ...
We found three communities that are also named Marystown.
Within Texas, the name Marystown is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Scott County
- This Marystown is located in Scott County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Marystown that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Marystown.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Marystown lies 2,418 miles [3,891.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marystown that is located in Johnson County.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Marystown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marystown ...
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.
- Coyote Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Cross Timber
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Cuba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Happy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Happy Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
- Joshua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Sand Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Flat is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat
- Valley Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Wooded Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wooded Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Marystown 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 Marystown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marystown and extending to:
- Cleburne, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Marystown to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,755 miles [12,480.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,634 miles [9,067 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- Marystown) 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 Marystown 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 Marystown 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 Marystown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4599, Longitude: -97.3200 In this case, the coordinates for Marystown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.81 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.929 degrees. |
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