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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 Red Bird Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Bird Addition 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 Red Bird Addition:
- 32.668744, -96.918615
- 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 Red Bird Addition
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Red Bird Addition is near Tarrant County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis 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 Red Bird Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Bird Addition ...
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 Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedarview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- DeSoto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florence Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Florence Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Grand Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jim Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Jim Town has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Kingswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingswood is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Oak Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Pleasant Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Run is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Shamrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shamrock is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Red Bird Addition 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 Red Bird Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Bird Addition and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Red Bird Addition to Dallas, 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,190 miles [1,915.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,729 miles [12,438.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Bird Addition) 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 Red Bird Addition 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 Red Bird Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6687, Longitude: -96.9186 In this case, the coordinates for Red Bird Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.008 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.552 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.726 degrees. |
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