Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Maxey Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maxey Town and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Maxey Town

• 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 Maxey Town:
  • 31.443517, -94.122695
  • 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 Maxey Town

• 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 San Augustine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine County
  • Since Maxey Town is near Sabine County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Maxey Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxey Town ...

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.

• Black Ankle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Black Ankle is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ankle
• Bland Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bland Lake is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland Lake
• Fords Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fords Corner is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
• Lanetown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanetown is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanetown
• Rebecca
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
• Rosevine
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
• Sunrise
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunrise is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
• Union
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
• Union Grave
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Union Grave is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grave

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maxey Town and extending to:

• San Augustine, which is the Seat of San Augustine County, lies just to the North.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Maxey Town to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,549 miles [8,930.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'