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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 Millsap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millsap 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 Millsap:
- 32.747259, -98.009464
- 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 Millsap
- 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 Parker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parker County
- Since Millsap is near Palo Pinto County and also Hood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palo Pinto County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood 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 Millsap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millsap ...
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.
- Adell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cool is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Dennis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Maxwell Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell Crossing is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Crossing
- Mineral Wells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Millsap 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 town such as Millsap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Millsap and extending to:
- Weatherford, which is the Seat of Parker County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Millsap to Weatherford, with an average speed<3> 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 171 miles [275.2 km] to the south (S). 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 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millsap) 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 Millsap 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 Millsap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7473, Longitude: -98.0095 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.753 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.211 degrees. |
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