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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 Musgrove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Musgrove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Musgrove:
    • 32.955401, -95.227720
    • 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 Musgrove
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Musgrove is near Franklin County and also Camp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camp 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 Musgrove

Communities Also Named Musgrove ...

We found one communities that are also named Musgrove.

Within Texas, the name Musgrove is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Musgrove in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Musgrove [DeKalb County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Musgrove ...

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.

  • Cartwright
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cartwright is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Clearwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearwater is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
  • Cypress
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cypress is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
  • Harmony
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Humble
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Humble is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Majors
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Majors is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
  • Piney Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rock Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Springs is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Stout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stout is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout

How Far From Musgrove 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 Musgrove 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 community of Musgrove once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Musgrove and extending to:

  • Quitman, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Musgrove to Quitman, 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 237 miles [381.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,094 miles [1,760.6 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 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,524 miles [8,890 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Musgrove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Musgrove) 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 Musgrove 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 Musgrove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9554, Longitude: -95.2277       In this case, the coordinates for Musgrove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.922 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.314 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.94 degrees.