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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 Tidwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tidwell 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 Tidwell:
- 33.209558, -96.101362
- 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 Tidwell
- 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 Hunt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Since Tidwell is near Collin County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Tidwell
Communities Also Named Tidwell ...
We found four communities that are also named Tidwell.
Within Texas, the name Tidwell is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- This Tidwell is located in Houston County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the east of the Tidwell that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Tidwell.
- Missouri
- Taney 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 Missouri community of Tidwell [Taney County].
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- This Tidwell is located in Dickson County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tidwell that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Tidwell.
- Hickman County
- This Tidwell is located in Hickman County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km] to the east northeast of the Tidwell that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Tidwell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tidwell ...
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.
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hogeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hogeye is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogeye
- Kellogg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Meadowview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Meadowview is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Merit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Heights is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Heights
- Scatter Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scatter Branch is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scatter Branch
How Far From Tidwell 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 Tidwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tidwell and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Hunt County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tidwell to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,669 miles [12,342.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,548 miles [8,928.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tidwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tidwell 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> | 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 Tidwell 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 Tidwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2096, Longitude: -96.1014 In this case, the coordinates for Tidwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.53 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.059 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.297 degrees. |
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