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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 Trawick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trawick 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 Trawick:
- 31.771118, -94.743161
- 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 Trawick
- 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
- Since Trawick is near Rusk County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Trawick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trawick ...
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.
- Bonita Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
- Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Holly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Looneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Valley Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Winter Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winter Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill
- Zion Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zion Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
How Far From Trawick 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 Trawick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trawick and extending to:
- Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trawick to Nacogdoches, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,684 miles [12,366.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trawick) 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 Trawick 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 Trawick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7711, Longitude: -94.7432 In this case, the coordinates for Trawick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.622 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.876 degrees. |
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