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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 Post Oak Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Post Oak Bend 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 Post Oak Bend:
- 32.638466, -96.304980
- 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 Post Oak Bend
- 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 Kaufman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman County
- Since Post Oak Bend is near Dallas County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Post Oak Bend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Post Oak Bend ...
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.
- Cartwright
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cartwright is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Combine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Cottonwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Elmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frog is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog
- Grays Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Lone Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Markout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Markout is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markout
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Post Oak Bend City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Scurry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Valley is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Post Oak Bend 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 Post Oak Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Post Oak Bend and extending to:
- Kaufman, which is the Seat of Kaufman County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Post Oak Bend to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,706 miles [12,401.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 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 '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- Post Oak Bend) 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 Post Oak Bend 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 Post Oak Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6385, Longitude: -96.3050 In this case, the coordinates for Post Oak Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.595 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.456 degrees. |
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