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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 Peerless, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peerless 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 Peerless:
- 33.261791, -95.700226
- 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 Peerless
- 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Since Peerless is near Delta County and also Hunt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt 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 Peerless
Communities Also Named Peerless ...
We found eight communities that are also named Peerless.
Within Texas, the name Peerless is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Will 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 Illinois community of Peerless [Will County].
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- This Peerless is located in Lawrence County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Peerless that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Peerless.
- Kentucky
- Knott 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 Kentucky community of Peerless [Knott County].
- Montana
- Daniels County
- This Peerless is located in Daniels County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Peerless that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daniels County community of Peerless.
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Peerless [Delaware County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Peerless lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Peerless that is located in Hopkins County.
- Utah
- Carbon County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Peerless [Carbon 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 Peerless [Kanawha County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peerless ...
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.
- Deep Well Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deep Well Crossing is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Well Crossing
- Emblem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emblem is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
- Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Good Neighbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Good Neighbor is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Neighbor
- Harpers Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harpers Crossing is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Crossing
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- New Birthright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birthright
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Posey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Peerless 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 community such as Peerless to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peerless and extending to:
- Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Peerless to Sulphur Springs, with an average speed<4> 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 239 miles [384.6 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 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 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 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 Peerless 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peerless) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peerless, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Peerless 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 Peerless. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2618, Longitude: -95.7002 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.761 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.111 degrees. |
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