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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 West Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Mountain 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 West Mountain:
- 32.610975, -94.915493
- 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 West Mountain
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since West Mountain is near Gregg County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg 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 West Mountain
Communities Also Named West Mountain ...
We found two communities that are also named West Mountain.
Within Texas, the name West Mountain is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Valley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of West Mountain [Valley County].
- Utah
- Utah County
- This West Mountain is located in Utah County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the West Mountain that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of West Mountain.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Mountain ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Diana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Indian Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Indian Rock is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock
- James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Latch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Latch is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latch
- Liberty City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Longview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mings Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mings Chapel is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mings Chapel
- Sand Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Seven Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Stamps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stamps is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamps
- Union Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
How Far From West Mountain 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 West Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Mountain and extending to:
- Gilmer, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Mountain 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 1,089 miles [1,752.6 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 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 West Mountain 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 West Mountain 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 West Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6110, Longitude: -94.9155 In this case, the coordinates for West Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.677 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.983 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.847 degrees. |
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