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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 Warren City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warren City 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 Warren City:
- 32.553010, -94.905752
- 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 Warren City
- 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 Gregg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg County
- Since Warren City is near Upshur County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Warren City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Warren City ...
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.
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Center Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Indian Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Indian Rock is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock
- Liberty City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Longview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mings Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mings Chapel is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mings Chapel
- Rolling Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Seven Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Union Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Waters Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Waters Bluff is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Bluff
How Far From Warren City 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 city such as Warren City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Warren City and extending to:
- Longview, which is the Seat of Gregg County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Warren City to Longview, with an average speed<3> 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 229 miles [368.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,090 miles [1,754.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,653 miles [12,316.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Warren City) 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 Warren City 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 Warren City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5530, Longitude: -94.9058 In this case, the coordinates for Warren City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.96 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.85 degrees. |
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