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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 Rowden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowden 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 Rowden:
- 32.204014, -99.344402
- 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 Rowden
- 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 Callahan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Callahan County
- Since Rowden is near Coleman County and also Eastland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eastland 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 Rowden
Communities Also Named Rowden ...
We found one communities that are also named Rowden.
Within Texas, the name Rowden is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Rowden in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Stafford 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 Kansas community of Rowden [Stafford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowden ...
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.
- Admiral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Admiral is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiral
- Clyde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cross Cut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Echo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Mitchell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Rogers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Silver Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
How Far From Rowden 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 Rowden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rowden and extending to:
- Baird, which is the Seat of Callahan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rowden to Baird, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,331 miles [2,142 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,848 miles [12,630.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,730 miles [9,221.5 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 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 Rowden 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 '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- Rowden) 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 Rowden 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 Rowden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2040, Longitude: -99.3444 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.355 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.871 degrees. |
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