Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mineral Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mineral Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mineral Heights
- 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 Mineral Heights:
- 33.110116, -96.116084
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mineral Heights
- 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 Hunt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Since Mineral Heights is near Collin County and also Rains County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Collin County
- eBird sighting report for Rains 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mineral Heights ...
We found one communities that share the name Mineral Heights.
Within Texas, the name Mineral Heights is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Mineral Heights in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Ottawa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Mineral Heights [Ottawa County].
- Oklahoma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mineral Heights ...
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 southwest) - Cash
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Celeste
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Celeste is located in Hunt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celeste <3>
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Center Point is located in Hunt County
- Floyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Hunt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,374 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <3>
- Hogeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Josephine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Josephine is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,545 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Josephine <3>
- Kellogg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <3>
- Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Hunt County
- Merit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merit
- Merit is located in Hunt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merit <3>
- Scatter Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scatter Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scatter Branch
- Scatter Branch is located in Hunt County
How Far From Mineral Heights 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 Mineral Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mineral Heights and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Hunt County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mineral Heights to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,135 miles [1,826.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,675 miles [12,351.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,553 miles [8,936.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mineral Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hunt County: www.huntcounty.net
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mineral Heights could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Mineral Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mineral Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1101, Longitude: -96.1161 In this case, the coordinates for Mineral Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mineral Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.528 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.044 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.316 degrees. |