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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 Starrville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starrville 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 Starrville:
- 32.469777, -95.116056
- 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 Starrville
- 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Since Starrville is near Upshur County and also Gregg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg 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 Starrville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starrville ...
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.
- Angler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Angler is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angler
- Big Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Pine Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Red Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Flat is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Waters Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Waters Bluff is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Bluff
How Far From Starrville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Starrville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Starrville and extending to:
- Tyler, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Starrville to Tyler, with an average speed<3> 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 217 miles [349.2 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,665 miles [12,335.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,542 miles [8,919 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' (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- Starrville) 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 Starrville 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 Starrville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4698, Longitude: -95.1161 In this case, the coordinates for Starrville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.791 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.952 degrees. |
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