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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 Twin Mountains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Mountains 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 Twin Mountains:
- 33.109560, -98.582835
- 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 Twin Mountains
- 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 Young County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Young County
- Since Twin Mountains is near Jack County and also Stephens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jack County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephens 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 Twin Mountains
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Mountains ...
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.
- Bob Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bob Town is located in Jack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Town
- Eliasville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eliasville is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
- Farmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Farmer is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Graham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ivan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ivan is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Jean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jean is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean
- Loving
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Murray
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Red Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Senate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Senate is located in Jack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senate
How Far From Twin Mountains 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 Twin Mountains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Twin Mountains and extending to:
- Graham, which is the Seat of Young County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Twin Mountains to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,772 miles [12,507.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 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 from Point A (ie- Twin Mountains) 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 Twin Mountains 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 Twin Mountains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1096, Longitude: -98.5828 In this case, the coordinates for Twin Mountains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.19 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.998 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.437 degrees. |
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