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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 O'Farrell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Farrell 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 O'Farrell:
- 33.124573, -94.320748
- 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 O'Farrell
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since O'Farrell is near Bowie County and also Miller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller 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 O'Farrell
Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Farrell ...
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.
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Knights Bluff Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Colony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Colony is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Colony
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Overcup Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Overcup Landing is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overcup Landing
- Panhandle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Panhandle is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Poorboy Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poorboy Landing is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorboy Landing
- Red Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Roach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roach is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
How Far From O'Farrell 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 O'Farrell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in O'Farrell and extending to:
- Linden, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from O'Farrell to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,601 miles [12,232.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- O'Farrell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 O'Farrell 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 O'Farrell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1246, Longitude: -94.3207 In this case, the coordinates for O'Farrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.348 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.519 degrees. |
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