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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 Tate Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tate Springs 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 Tate Springs:
- 32.681244, -97.193346
- 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 Tate Springs
- 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 Tarrant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Since Tate Springs is near Ellis County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ellis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Tate Springs
Communities Also Named Tate Springs ...
We found one communities that are also named Tate Springs.
Within Texas, the name Tate Springs is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Tate Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This Tate Springs is located in Grainger County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tate Springs that is located in Tarrant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Tate Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tate Springs ...
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.
- Edgecliff Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
- Florence Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Florence Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Grand Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Melody Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melody Hills is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hills
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Shady Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sublett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sublett is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- University Park Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Wooded Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wooded Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Tate Springs 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 Tate Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tate Springs and extending to:
- Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tate Springs to Fort Worth, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Tate Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Tate Springs 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 Tate Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6812, Longitude: -97.1933 In this case, the coordinates for Tate Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.194 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.772 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.848 degrees. |
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