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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 Swenson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swenson 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 Swenson:
- 33.207039, -100.312053
- 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 Swenson
- 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 Stonewall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stonewall County
- Since Swenson is near Kent County and also Haskell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haskell 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 Swenson
Communities Also Named Swenson ...
We found one communities that are also named Swenson.
Within Texas, the name Swenson is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Swenson in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
- Ward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Swenson [Ward County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swenson ...
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.
- Double Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
- Fisher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Flat Top
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Peacock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peacock is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Pinkerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton
- Red Bluff Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
- Rule
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tuxedo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tuxedo is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
- Two F Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Two F Crossing is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two F Crossing
How Far From Swenson 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 Swenson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Swenson and extending to:
- Aspermont, which is the Seat of Stonewall County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Swenson to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,833 miles [12,606 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Swenson 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swenson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Swenson 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 Swenson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2070, Longitude: -100.3121 In this case, the coordinates for Swenson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.397 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.433 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.234 degrees. |
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