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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 Toland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toland 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 Toland:
- 32.449566, -100.150099
- 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 Toland
- 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 Nolan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nolan County
- Since Toland is near Taylor County and also Fisher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fisher 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 Toland
Communities Also Named Toland ...
We found two communities that are also named Toland.
Within Texas, the name Toland is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- This Toland is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Toland that is located in Nolan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Toland.
- Wisconsin
- Dodge 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 Wisconsin community of Toland [Dodge County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toland ...
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.
- Blair
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Buffalo Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Caps
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Caps is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
- Happy Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Impact
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Impact is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Longworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longworth is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
- Maryneal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Noodle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noodle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
- Pledger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pledger is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
- Sweetwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- View is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
How Far From Toland 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 Toland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Toland and extending to:
- Sweetwater, which is the Seat of Nolan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Toland to Sweetwater, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,866 miles [12,659.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Toland) 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 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 Toland 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 Toland 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 Toland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4496, Longitude: -100.1501 In this case, the coordinates for Toland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.222 degrees. |
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