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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 Mossy Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mossy Grove 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 Mossy Grove:
- 30.852136, -95.751336
- 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 Mossy Grove
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since Mossy Grove is near Madison County and also Grimes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grimes 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 Mossy Grove
Communities Also Named Mossy Grove ...
We found two communities that are also named Mossy Grove.
Within Texas, the name Mossy Grove is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pike County
- This Mossy Grove is located in Pike County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east of the Mossy Grove that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Mossy Grove.
- Tennessee
- Morgan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mossy Grove [Morgan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mossy Grove ...
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.
- Arizona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arizona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Bath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bath is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Cotton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cotton is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Cottonwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dingerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dingerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingerville
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Pine Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Prairie is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
- Sand Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
How Far From Mossy Grove 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 community such as Mossy Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mossy Grove and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mossy Grove to Huntsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,193 miles [1,919.9 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 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,771 miles [12,506.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mossy Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mossy Grove 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mossy Grove 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 Mossy Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8521, Longitude: -95.7513 In this case, the coordinates for Mossy Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.994 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.409 degrees. |
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