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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 Maysfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maysfield 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 Maysfield:
- 30.897151, -96.851307
- 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 Maysfield
- 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 Maysfield is near Robertson County and also Falls 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 Falls 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 Maysfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maysfield ...
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.
- Branchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elm Ridge is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Ridge
- Goodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goodland is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Jones Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Marvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marvin is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Minerva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Silver City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
How Far From Maysfield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Maysfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maysfield and extending to:
- Cameron, which is the Seat of Milam County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Maysfield to Austin, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 1,247 miles [2,006.9 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 71 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,814 miles [12,575.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maysfield) 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 Maysfield 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 Maysfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8972, Longitude: -96.8513 In this case, the coordinates for Maysfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.722 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.99 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.877 degrees. |
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