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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 Wedgewood East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wedgewood East 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 Wedgewood East:
- 32.662898, -97.370546
- 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 Wedgewood East
- 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 Tarrant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Since Wedgewood East is near Johnson County and also Parker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parker 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 Wedgewood East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgewood East ...
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.
- Boss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boss is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Cross Timber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edgecliff Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake Worth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Melody Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Melody Hills is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hills
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Plover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plover is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Valley Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wooded Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Wedgewood East to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wedgewood East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wedgewood East and extending to:
- Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Wedgewood East to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,747 miles [12,467.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wedgewood East) 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 Wedgewood East 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 Wedgewood East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6629, Longitude: -97.3705 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.31 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.906 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.93 degrees. |
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