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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 Nat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nat 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 Nat:
- 31.713756, -94.827429
- 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 Nat
- 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
- Since Nat is near Cherokee County and also Rusk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk 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 Nat
Communities Also Named Nat ...
We found one communities that are also named Nat.
Within Texas, the name Nat is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Nat in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson 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 Alabama community of Nat [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nat ...
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.
- Bonita Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
- Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Circle is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
- County Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- County Line is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Happy Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Looneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Redfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Winter Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winter Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill
- Zion Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
How Far From Nat 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 Nat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nat and extending to:
- Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nat to Nacogdoches, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 199 miles [320.3 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,690 miles [12,375.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,566 miles [8,957.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Nat 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Nat 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 Nat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7138, Longitude: -94.8274 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.509 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.919 degrees. |
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