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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 Mewshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mewshaw 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 Mewshaw:
- 31.780450, -95.359394
- 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 Mewshaw
- 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 Mewshaw 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 Mewshaw
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mewshaw ...
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.
- Alderbranch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Crystal Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Dialville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Herring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Java
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Java is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Pierces Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Mewshaw 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 Mewshaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mewshaw and extending to:
- Rusk, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mewshaw to Rusk, with an average speed<2> 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,140 miles [1,834.7 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 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,709 miles [12,406.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,586 miles [8,989.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Mewshaw) 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 Mewshaw 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 Mewshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7804, Longitude: -95.3594 In this case, the coordinates for Mewshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.864 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.094 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.14 degrees. |
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