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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 Talty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talty 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 Talty:
- 32.693047, -96.397153
- 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 Talty
- 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 Kaufman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman County
- Since Talty is near Dallas County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Talty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talty ...
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.
- Cartwright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cartwright is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Combine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Elmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lone Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Markout
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Markout is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markout
- Mesquite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Poetry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Post Oak Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend
- Post Oak Bend City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Scurry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Union Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Talty 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 city such as Talty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Talty and extending to:
- Kaufman, which is the Seat of Kaufman County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Talty to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,707 miles [12,403.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,585 miles [8,988.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Talty) 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 Talty 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 Talty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6930, Longitude: -96.3972 In this case, the coordinates for Talty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.15 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.491 degrees. |
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