Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Slabtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slabtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Slabtown
- 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 Slabtown:
- 33.471775, -95.535233
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Slabtown
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Slabtown is near Delta County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delta County
- eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Slabtown ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Slabtown.
Within Texas, the name Slabtown is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Slabtown is located in Allegany County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Slabtown.
- Frederick County
- This Slabtown is located in Frederick County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Slabtown.
- Missouri
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Slabtown [Madison County].
- Texas County
- This Slabtown is located in Texas County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Slabtown.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Slabtown is located in Armstrong County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Slabtown.
- Clearfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Slabtown [Clearfield County].
- Columbia County
- This Slabtown is located in Columbia County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Slabtown.
- Franklin County
- This Slabtown is located in Franklin County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Slabtown.
- Schuylkill County
- This Slabtown is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Slabtown.
- Somerset County
- This Slabtown is located in Somerset County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Slabtown.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Lancaster County
- This Slabtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Slabtown.
- Russell County
- This Slabtown is located in Russell County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Slabtown.
- Scott County
- This Slabtown is located in Scott County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Slabtown.
- Smyth County
- This Slabtown is located in Smyth County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the east northeast of the Slabtown that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Slabtown.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slabtown ...
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.
- Atlas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Frog Hop ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Glory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Glory is located in Lamar County
- Howland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jennings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Lake Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Lake Creek is located in Delta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Creek <5>
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Mount Joy Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Joy Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy Crossing
- Mount Joy Crossing is located in Delta County
- Post Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Prattville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prattville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Prattville is located in Delta County
How Far From Slabtown 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 Slabtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Slabtown and extending to:
- Paris, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Slabtown to Paris, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 256 miles [412 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,633 miles [12,284.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Slabtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lamar County: www.co.lamar.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Slabtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slabtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Slabtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4718, Longitude: -95.5352 In this case, the coordinates for Slabtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Slabtown 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Slabtown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.185 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.688 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.011 degrees. |