Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sowers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sowers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sowers
- 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 Sowers:
- 32.828462, -96.993340
- 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 Sowers
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Sowers is near Tarrant County and also Denton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- eBird sighting report for Denton 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 Sowers ...
We found one communities that share the name Sowers.
Within Texas, the name Sowers is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Sowers in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sowers ...
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.
- Eagle Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Farmers Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Branch
- Farmers Branch is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmers Branch <3>
- Grand Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Grand Prairie is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195,272 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Prairie <3>
- Grapevine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Grapevine is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55,780 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grapevine <3>
- Gribble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minters Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Oak Cliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
How Far From Sowers to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sowers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Sowers once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sowers and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sowers to Dallas, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 1,189 miles [1,913.5 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 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,724 miles [12,430.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,603 miles [9,017.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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- Sowers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sowers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8285, Longitude: -96.9933 In this case, the coordinates for Sowers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Sowers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sowers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.079 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.655 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.742 degrees. |