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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 Venable, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Venable 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 Venable:
    • 31.464071, -94.089639
    • 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 Venable
  • 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 San Augustine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine County
    • Since Venable is near Sabine County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Venable

Communities Also Named Venable ...

We found five communities that are also named Venable.

Within Texas, the name Venable is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Venable is located in Texas County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Venable that is located in San Augustine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Venable.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Venable is located in Buncombe County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Venable that is located in San Augustine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Venable.
      • Orange 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 North Carolina community of Venable [Orange County].
      • Surry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Venable [Surry County].
    • Ohio
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Venable [Warren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Venable ...

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.

  • Black Ankle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Ankle is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ankle
  • Bland Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bland Lake is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland Lake
  • Fords Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fords Corner is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
  • Maxey Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
  • Rebecca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
  • Rosevine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
  • Sunrise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Union
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Union is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Grave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Grave is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grave

How Far From Venable 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 Venable to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Venable and extending to:

  • San Augustine, which is the Seat of San Augustine County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Venable to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,088 miles [1,751 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,671 miles [12,345.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,547 miles [8,927 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Venable) 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 Venable 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Venable, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Venable 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 Venable. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4641, Longitude: -94.0896       In this case, the coordinates for Venable have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.002 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.043 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.636 degrees.