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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 Pleasant Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Springs 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 Pleasant Springs:
- 31.314902, -95.901624
- 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 Pleasant Springs
- 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
- Since Pleasant Springs is near Houston County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Pleasant Springs
Communities Also Named Pleasant Springs ...
We found two communities that are also named Pleasant Springs.
Within Texas, the name Pleasant Springs is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Pleasant Springs [Brown County].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Pleasant Springs is located in Prince George's County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Springs that is located in Leon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Pleasant Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Springs ...
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.
- Ash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buffalo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centerview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerview is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Guys Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guys Store is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
- Halls Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Bluff is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Margie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Margie is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margie
- Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Robbins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Robbins is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Spillers Store
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spillers Store is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillers Store
How Far From Pleasant Springs 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 Pleasant Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Springs and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Springs to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,755 miles [12,480.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,631 miles [9,062.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Pleasant Springs 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Springs) 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 Pleasant Springs 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 Pleasant Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3149, Longitude: -95.9016 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.378 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.425 degrees. |
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