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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 Paint Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paint Creek 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 Paint Creek:
    • 33.062884, -99.672867
    • 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 Paint Creek
  • 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 Haskell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Haskell County
    • Since Paint Creek is near Shackelford County and also Throckmorton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shackelford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Throckmorton 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 Paint Creek

Communities Also Named Paint Creek ...

We found five communities that are also named Paint Creek.

Within Texas, the name Paint Creek is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Paint Creek [Bourbon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Powell County
      • This Paint Creek is located in Powell County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paint Creek that is located in Haskell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powell County community of Paint Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Paint Creek is located in Washtenaw County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Paint Creek that is located in Haskell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Paint Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria 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 Pennsylvania community of Paint Creek [Cambria County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Paint Creek [Kanawha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paint Creek ...

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.

  • Berryhill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Berryhill is located in Shackelford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill
  • Buzzard Peak Crossing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Buzzard Peak Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Peak Crossing
  • Coody Crossing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Coody Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coody Crossing
  • Dug Ford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dug Ford is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Ford
  • Hayford Crossing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hayford Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford Crossing
  • Paint Crossing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Paint Crossing is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Crossing
  • Pinkerton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton
  • Plainview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Plainview is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Rule
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rule is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <3>
  • Tuxedo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuxedo is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo

How Far From Paint Creek 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 Paint Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paint Creek and extending to:

  • Haskell, which is the Seat of Haskell County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Paint Creek to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,323 miles [2,129.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,816 miles [12,578.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Paint Creek 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paint Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Paint Creek 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 Paint Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0629, Longitude: -99.6729       In this case, the coordinates for Paint Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.933 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.868 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.947 degrees.