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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 Walnut Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut Bend and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Walnut Bend:
    • 33.778715, -97.064732
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Walnut Bend
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Walnut Bend ...

We found three communities that share the name Walnut Bend.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Walnut Bend.

Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Harris County
      • This Walnut Bend is located in Harris County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Walnut Bend that is located in Cooke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Walnut Bend.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee 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 Arkansas community of Walnut Bend [Lee County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango 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 Pennsylvania community of Walnut Bend [Venango County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut Bend ...

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.

  • Cook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
    • Cook is located in Cooke County
  • Dixie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • Dixie is located in Grayson County
  • Fobb
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fobb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fobb
    • Fobb is located in Marshall County (OK)
  • Gordonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Love County (OK)
  • Lake Kiowa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kiowa
    • Lake Kiowa is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Kiowa <4>
  • Locust
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
    • Locust is located in Grayson County
  • Marysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Cooke County
  • Red Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
    • Red Branch is located in Grayson County
  • Shady Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Cooke County
  • Sturgeon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgeon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
    • Sturgeon is located in Cooke County
  • Thackerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackerville
    • Thackerville is located in Love County (OK)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thackerville <4>

How Far From Walnut Bend to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Walnut Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Cooke County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walnut Bend to Gainesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,165 miles [1,874.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,679 miles [12,358.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut Bend. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cooke County: www.co.cooke.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Walnut Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7787, Longitude: -97.0647       In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Walnut Bend 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Walnut Bend to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.244 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.968 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.666 degrees.




 

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