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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 Pine Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Branch 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 Pine Branch:
- 33.481499, -95.113277
- 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 Pine Branch
- 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 Red River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River County
- Since Pine Branch is near Titus County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Titus 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 Pine Branch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Branch ...
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.
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cuthand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Harts Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harts Bluff is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Bluff
- Johntown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johntown is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Maple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Maple Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Springs is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Peters Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Prairie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Prairie
- Rugby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Shadowland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shadowland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowland
- Sherry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
How Far From Pine Branch 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 Pine Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pine Branch and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Red River County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Branch to Clarksville, with an average speed<3> 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 270 miles [434.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,616 miles [12,256.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,494 miles [8,841.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Branch) 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 Pine Branch 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 Pine Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4815, Longitude: -95.1133 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.365 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.821 degrees. |
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