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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 Tripp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tripp 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 Tripp:
- 32.794850, -96.560546
- 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 Tripp
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Tripp is near Kaufman County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Tripp
Communities Also Named Tripp ...
We found three communities that are also named Tripp.
Within Texas, the name Tripp is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tripp [Gwinnett County].
- South Dakota
- Hutchinson County
- This Tripp is located in Hutchinson County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the north of the Tripp that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hutchinson County community of Tripp.
- West Virginia
- Wayne County
- This Tripp is located in Wayne County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tripp that is located in Dallas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Tripp.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tripp ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Combine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Fate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitdale is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Glen Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
- Liberty Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Markout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Markout is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markout
- Mesquite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- University Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Tripp 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 Tripp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tripp and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tripp to Dallas, 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 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,708 miles [12,404.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,587 miles [8,991.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tripp 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tripp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tripp 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 Tripp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7948, Longitude: -96.5605 In this case, the coordinates for Tripp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.785 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.552 degrees. |
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