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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 Sanger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sanger 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 Sanger:
- 33.370283, -97.172908
- 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 Sanger
- 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 Denton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton County
- Since Sanger is near Cooke County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke 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 Sanger
Communities Also Named Sanger ...
We found six communities that are also named Sanger.
Within Texas, the name Sanger is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno County
- This Sanger is located in Fresno County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sanger that is located in Denton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Sanger.
- Illinois
- Sangamon 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 Illinois community of Sanger [Sangamon County].
- North Dakota
- Oliver County
- This Sanger is located in Oliver County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the north of the Sanger that is located in Denton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oliver County community of Sanger.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Baker County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Sanger.
- Union 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 Oregon community of Sanger [Union County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Sanger is located in Fayette County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sanger that is located in Denton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Sanger.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanger ...
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.
- Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Krum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mingo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mingo is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Mountain Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Quakertown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quakertown is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
- Union Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Sanger to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sanger to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sanger and extending to:
- Denton, which is the Seat of Denton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sanger to Denton, with an average speed<5> 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Sanger) 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 Sanger 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sanger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sanger 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 Sanger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3703, Longitude: -97.1729 In this case, the coordinates for Sanger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.267 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.944 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.763 degrees. |
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