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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 Prairie Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Valley 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 Prairie Valley:
- 31.877102, -97.328345
- 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 Prairie Valley
- 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 Hill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
- Since Prairie Valley is near Bosque County and also McLennan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan 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 Prairie Valley
Communities Also Named Prairie Valley ...
We found three communities that are also named Prairie Valley.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Prairie Valley.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Prairie Valley in the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Fayette County
- This Prairie Valley is located in Fayette County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the south of the Prairie Valley that is located in Hill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Prairie Valley.
- Montague County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Prairie Valley [Montague County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Prairie Valley lies 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Prairie Valley that is located in Hill County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Valley ...
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.
- Cedar Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Shores is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
- China Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grub Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grub Hill is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Hill
- Patrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rock Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rogers Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Hill is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Hill
How Far From Prairie Valley 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 Prairie Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Valley and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Hill County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Valley to Hillsboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,785 miles [12,528.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,663 miles [9,113.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Prairie Valley 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. |
| <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 Prairie Valley 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 Prairie Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8771, Longitude: -97.3283 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.177 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.65 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.992 degrees. |
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