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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 Reinhardt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reinhardt 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 Reinhardt:
- 32.835127, -96.689164
- 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 Reinhardt
- 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 Reinhardt is near Collin County and also Kaufman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman 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 Reinhardt
Communities Also Named Reinhardt ...
We found one communities that are also named Reinhardt.
Within Texas, the name Reinhardt is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Reinhardt in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Lincoln 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 North Carolina community of Reinhardt [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reinhardt ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Eagle Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Farmers Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitdale is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Glen Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
- Gribble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gribble is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jim Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Jim Town has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Liberty Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Mesquite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Cliff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- University Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Reinhardt 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 Reinhardt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Reinhardt and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Reinhardt to Austin, with an average speed<4>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 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,711 miles [12,409.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 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 Reinhardt 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Reinhardt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Reinhardt 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 Reinhardt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8351, Longitude: -96.6892 In this case, the coordinates for Reinhardt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.876 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.417 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.605 degrees. |
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