Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Skinner Town:
  • 31.034912, -94.803541
  • 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 Skinner Town

• 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Since Skinner Town is near Angelina County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Skinner Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skinner Town ...

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.

• Asia
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Asia is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asia
• Moscow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Moscow is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
• Pleasant Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Pluck
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pluck is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluck
• Prairie Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
• Rutland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Rutland is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
• Shady Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Snow Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Snow Hill is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
• Sulphur
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sulphur is located in Trinity County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur

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

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

• Livingston, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Skinner Town to Livingston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,139 miles [1,833 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,722 miles [12,427.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,598 miles [9,009.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'