Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Shed, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Shed and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Shed

• 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 White Shed:
  • 33.632604, -96.165534
  • 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 White Shed

• 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
  • Since White Shed is near Bryan County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 White Shed

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Shed ...

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.

• Carson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Carson is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
• Clutter Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clutter Point is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clutter Point
• Cotton Center
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cotton Center is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
• English
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • English is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
• Ivanhoe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivanhoe <1>
• Karma
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Karma is located in Bryan County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karma
• Mulberry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
• Post Oak
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Post Oak is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
• Prairie Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairie Point is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
• Rogers
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
• Shady Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shady Grove is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Shed and extending to:

• Bonham, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from White Shed to Austin, with an average speed<3>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'