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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 Saltillo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saltillo 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 Saltillo:
- 33.182944, -95.330411
- 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 Saltillo
- 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Since Saltillo is near Franklin County and also Titus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Titus 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 Saltillo
Communities Also Named Saltillo ...
We found nine communities that are also named Saltillo.
Within Texas, the name Saltillo is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- This Saltillo is located in Faulkner County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Saltillo.
- Indiana
- Washington County
- This Saltillo is located in Washington County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Saltillo.
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saltillo [Doniphan County].
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- This Saltillo is located in Lee County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Saltillo.
- Nebraska
- Lancaster County
- This Saltillo is located in Lancaster County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the north of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Saltillo.
- Ohio
- Holmes County
- This Saltillo is located in Holmes County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Saltillo.
- Perry County
- This Saltillo is located in Perry County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Saltillo.
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- This Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Saltillo.
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- This Saltillo is located in Hardin County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saltillo that is located in Hopkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Saltillo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saltillo ...
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.
- Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cypress is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Dike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flora is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mahoney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoney is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney
- Majors
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Majors is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Weaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Saltillo 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 Saltillo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saltillo and extending to:
- Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Saltillo to Sulphur Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,639 miles [12,293.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,517 miles [8,878.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saltillo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Saltillo 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Saltillo 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 Saltillo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1829, Longitude: -95.3304 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.017 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.454 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.957 degrees. |
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