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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 Mauriceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mauriceville 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 Mauriceville:
- 30.208345, -93.872805
- 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 Mauriceville
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Mauriceville is near Jasper County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Mauriceville
Communities Also Named Mauriceville ...
We found one communities that are also named Mauriceville.
Within Texas, the name Mauriceville is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Mauriceville in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Mauriceville lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mauriceville that is located in Orange County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mauriceville ...
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.
- Bland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Deweyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Echo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Echo is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Echo Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Forest
- Francis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Francis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Gist
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gist is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gist
- Gratis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gratis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratis
- Hartburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartburg is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartburg
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
- Little Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Cypress is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Orangefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Terry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mauriceville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mauriceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mauriceville and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mauriceville to Orange, 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 230 miles [370.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,597 miles [9,007.5 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- Mauriceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mauriceville 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 Mauriceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2083, Longitude: -93.8728 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.699 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.525 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.694 degrees. |
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