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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 Mount Enterprise, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Enterprise 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 Mount Enterprise:
- 31.917946, -94.681383
- 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 Mount Enterprise
- 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 Rusk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Since Mount Enterprise is near Nacogdoches County and also Panola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola 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 Mount Enterprise
Communities Also Named Mount Enterprise ...
We found one communities that are also named Mount Enterprise.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Mount Enterprise.
Beyond Texas.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Wood 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 Texas community of Mount Enterprise [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Enterprise ...
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.
- Freeneytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Freeneytown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeneytown
- Glenfawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glenfawn is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfawn
- Happy Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Holly Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Laneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Valley Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valley Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Zion Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
How Far From Mount Enterprise 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 city such as Mount Enterprise to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mount Enterprise and extending to:
- Henderson, which is the Seat of Rusk County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Enterprise to Henderson, 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,550 miles [8,931.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mount Enterprise 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Enterprise) 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 Mount Enterprise 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 Mount Enterprise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9179, Longitude: -94.6814 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.44 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.616 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.832 degrees. |
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