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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 Trickham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trickham 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 Trickham:
- 31.588926, -99.231403
- 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 Trickham
- 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 Coleman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Since Trickham is near Brown County and also McCulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCulloch 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 Trickham
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trickham ...
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.
- Bangs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dulin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dulin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulin
- Knight Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knight Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Crossing
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mercury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mercury is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Military Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Military Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Crossing
- Mitchell Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Crossing
- Rockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shields is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Walker Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Crossing
How Far From Trickham 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 Trickham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trickham and extending to:
- Coleman, which is the Seat of Coleman County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Trickham to Coleman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,875 miles [12,673.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trickham) 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 Trickham 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 Trickham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5889, Longitude: -99.2314 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.421 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.871 degrees. |
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