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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 Minters Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minters Chapel 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 Minters Chapel:
- 32.885682, -97.060565
- 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 Minters Chapel
- 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 Tarrant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Since Minters Chapel is near Dallas County and also Denton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton 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 Minters Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minters Chapel ...
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.
- Double Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Farmers Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flower Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grand Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grapevine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gribble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gribble is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marshall Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Trinity Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- Trophy Club
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- University Park Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Minters Chapel 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 Minters Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Minters Chapel once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Minters Chapel and extending to:
- Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Minters Chapel to Fort Worth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,724 miles [12,430.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,603 miles [9,017.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Minters Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Minters Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Minters Chapel 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 Minters Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8857, Longitude: -97.0606 In this case, the coordinates for Minters Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.723 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.766 degrees. |
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