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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 Pecan Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan Gap 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 Pecan Gap:
- 33.438376, -95.847038
- 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 Pecan Gap
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Pecan Gap is near Fannin County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Pecan Gap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan Gap ...
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.
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Flat Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Flat Prairie is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Prairie
- Jot-Em-Down
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Noble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Noble is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Price
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
How Far From Pecan Gap to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Pecan Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pecan Gap and extending to:
- Cooper, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pecan Gap to Cooper, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,111 miles [1,788 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,647 miles [12,306.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,526 miles [8,893.2 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- Pecan Gap) 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 Pecan Gap 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 Pecan Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4384, Longitude: -95.8470 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.388 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.922 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.155 degrees. |
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