Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stephenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stephenville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stephenville
- 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 Stephenville:
- 32.220634, -98.202155
- 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 Stephenville
- 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 Erath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Erath County
- Since Stephenville is near Hood County and also Comanche County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hood County
- eBird sighting report for Comanche 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 Stephenville ...
We found four communities that share the name Stephenville.
Within Texas, the name Stephenville is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Saint Martin Parish
- This Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stephenville that is located in Erath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Martin Parish community of Stephenville.
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This Stephenville is located in Sunflower County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stephenville that is located in Erath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Stephenville.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Stephenville [Middlesex County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Stephenville lies 2,334 miles [3,756.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stephenville that is located in Erath County.
- Louisiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stephenville ...
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.
- Bluff Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Dale
- Bluff Dale is located in Erath County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff Dale <3>
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Erath County
- Dublin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Erath County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
- Hannibal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Johnsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Johnsville is located in Erath County
- Knob Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Three Way
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Welcome Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welcome Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Valley
- Welcome Valley is located in Erath County
How Far From Stephenville 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 city such as Stephenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stephenville and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Stephenville to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,802 miles [12,556.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Stephenville: www.ci.stephenville.tx.us/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stephenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stephenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2206, Longitude: -98.2022 |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Stephenville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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 Stephenville 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 320.812 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.442 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.35 degrees. |