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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 Maydelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maydelle 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 Maydelle:
- 31.801593, -95.302215
- 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 Maydelle
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Maydelle is near Anderson County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Maydelle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maydelle ...
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.
- Craft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft
- Dialville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Herring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Java
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Java is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Lone Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Mewshaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mewshaw is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mewshaw
- Pierces Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pierces Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Chapel
- Prices
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prices is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices
How Far From Maydelle 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 Maydelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maydelle and extending to:
- Rusk, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Maydelle to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,706 miles [12,401.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,582 miles [8,983.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Maydelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Maydelle 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 Maydelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8016, Longitude: -95.3022 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.829 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.057 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.113 degrees. |
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