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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 McLendon - Chisholm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLendon - Chisholm 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 McLendon - Chisholm:
- 32.842348, -96.380539
- 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 McLendon - Chisholm
- 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 Rockwall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall County
- Since McLendon - Chisholm is near Kaufman County and also Hunt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt 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 McLendon - Chisholm
Curious and Interesting Names Near McLendon - Chisholm ...
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.
- Burrow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burrow is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrow
- Fate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
- Liberty Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Markout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Markout is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markout
- Poetry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Rockwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Union Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
How Far From McLendon - Chisholm 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 city such as McLendon - Chisholm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McLendon - Chisholm and extending to:
- Rockwall, which is the Seat of Rockwall County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from McLendon - Chisholm to Austin, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,157 miles [1,862 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,699 miles [12,390.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- McLendon - Chisholm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McLendon - Chisholm 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 McLendon - Chisholm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8423, Longitude: -96.3805 In this case, the coordinates for McLendon - Chisholm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.671 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.466 degrees. |
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