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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 Sanctuary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sanctuary 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 Sanctuary:
- 32.908516, -97.584367
- 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 Sanctuary
- 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 Parker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parker County
- Since Sanctuary is near Tarrant County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise 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 Sanctuary
Communities Also Named Sanctuary ...
We found one communities that are also named Sanctuary.
Within Texas, the name Sanctuary is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Sanctuary in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Saskatchewan
- This Sanctuary lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sanctuary that is located in Parker County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanctuary ...
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.
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carter is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Dicey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dicey is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
- Eagle Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eagle Mountain is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
- Lake Worth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lucky Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lucky Ridge is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Ridge
- Pelican Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pelican Bay is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
- Springtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Sanctuary 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 town such as Sanctuary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sanctuary and extending to:
- Weatherford, which is the Seat of Parker County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sanctuary to Weatherford, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,743 miles [12,461.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sanctuary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sanctuary 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 Sanctuary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9085, Longitude: -97.5844 In this case, the coordinates for Sanctuary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.486 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.144 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.001 degrees. |
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