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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 Old Caseyville Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Caseyville Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Old Caseyville Crossing
- 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 Old Caseyville Crossing:
- 33.012895, -98.613947
- 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 Old Caseyville Crossing
- 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 Young County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Young County
- Since Old Caseyville Crossing is near Stephens County and also Jack County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jack 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 Old Caseyville Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Caseyville Crossing ...
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.
- Bob Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bob Town is located in Jack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Town
- Brad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brad is located in Palo Pinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brad
- Crystal Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Falls is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
- Eliasville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eliasville is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ivan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ivan is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Jean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jean is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean
- Loving
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Red Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Twin Mountains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Mountains is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mountains
How Far From Old Caseyville Crossing 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 Old Caseyville Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Caseyville Crossing and extending to:
- Graham, which is the Seat of Young County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Caseyville Crossing to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,778 miles [12,517.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Old Caseyville Crossing) 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 Old Caseyville Crossing 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 Old Caseyville Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0129, Longitude: -98.6139 In this case, the coordinates for Old Caseyville Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.199 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.461 degrees. |
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