Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sabinetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sabinetown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sabinetown

• 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 Sabinetown:
  • 31.402960, -93.708515
  • 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 Sabinetown

• 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 Sabine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
  • Since Sabinetown is near Sabine Parish and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Sabinetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sabinetown ...

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.

• Alliance
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Alliance is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
• Chamber Ferry
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chamber Ferry is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamber Ferry
• Clare
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clare is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
• Columbus ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbus is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
• Geneva
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Geneva is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <1>
• Hemphill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <1>
• Hickory Ridge
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Ridge is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
• Mason
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mason is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
• Turtle Beach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Turtle Beach is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Beach
• Yellowpine
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Yellowpine is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowpine

How Far From Sabinetown 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 Sabinetown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sabinetown and extending to:

• Hemphill, which is the Seat of Sabine County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sabinetown to Hemphill, 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 251 miles [403.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,658 miles [12,324.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,533 miles [8,904.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'