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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 Scallorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scallorn 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 Scallorn:
- 31.329609, -98.474206
- 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 Scallorn
- 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 Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mills County
- Since Scallorn is near Lampasas County and also San Saba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lampasas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Saba 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 Scallorn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scallorn ...
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.
- Big Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Big Valley is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Double Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Double Ford is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ford
- Hicks Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hicks Crossing is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
- Nix
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Red Bluff Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
- Rough Creek Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rough Creek Crossing is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek Crossing
- Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
How Far From Scallorn 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 community such as Scallorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scallorn and extending to:
- Goldthwaite, which is the Seat of Mills County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scallorn to Goldthwaite, 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,858 miles [12,646.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,737 miles [9,232.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scallorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Scallorn 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 Scallorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3296, Longitude: -98.4742 In this case, the coordinates for Scallorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.868 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.398 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.552 degrees. |
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