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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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Reinhardt
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Reinhardt ...

We found one communities that share the name 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Dallas County
  • Eagle Ford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
  • Farmers Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Branch
    • Farmers Branch is located in Dallas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmers Branch <3>
  • Fruitdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Fruitdale is located in Dallas County
  • Glen Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
    • Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
  • Gribble
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gribble have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble
    • Gribble is located in Dallas County
  • Highland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Dallas County
  • Jim Town ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jim Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
    • Jim Town is located in Dallas County
    • Jim Town has also been known as:
    • Jimtown
  • Liberty Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lisbon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Dallas County
    • Mesquite
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesquite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
      • Mesquite is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138,916 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesquite <3>
    • Murphy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Murphy is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <3>
    • Oak Cliff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
      • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
    • Rose Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
      • Rose Hill is located in Dallas County
    • University Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • University Park is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,885 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for University Park <3>

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<5> 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]<5> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Reinhardt to Austin, with an average speed<6>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<7> 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Reinhardt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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- Reinhardt) to Point B.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>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.876 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.417 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.605 degrees.









 

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