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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 Whitehead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitehead 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 Whitehead:
- 32.868180, -96.260256
- 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 Whitehead
- 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 Hunt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Since Whitehead is near Rockwall County and also Kaufman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kaufman 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 Whitehead
Communities Also Named Whitehead ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Whitehead.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Whitehead.
Beyond Texas, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Cherokee 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 Texas community of Whitehead [Cherokee County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Whitehead is located in Lauderdale County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Whitehead.
- Kansas
- Doniphan 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 Kansas community of Whitehead [Doniphan County].
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth 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 Massachusetts community of Whitehead [Plymouth County].
- Mississippi
- Tallahatchie County
- This Whitehead is located in Tallahatchie County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallahatchie County community of Whitehead.
- New Brunswick
- This Whitehead lies 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- New Jersey
- Cumberland 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 New Jersey community of Whitehead [Cumberland County].
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Whitehead [Middlesex County].
- North Carolina
- Alleghany County
- This Whitehead is located in Alleghany County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Whitehead.
- Nova Scotia
- This Whitehead lies 2,044 miles [3,289.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- Oklahoma
- Woodward 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 Oklahoma community of Whitehead [Woodward County].
- South Carolina
- Kershaw 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 South Carolina community of Whitehead [Kershaw County].
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- This Whitehead is located in Marshall County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Whitehead.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Whitehead is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whitehead that is located in Hunt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Whitehead.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitehead ...
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.
- Burrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Burrow is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrow
- Cash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Elmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frog
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frog is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog
- Glen Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
- Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Hawk Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Poetry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Rockwall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
How Far From Whitehead 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 Whitehead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitehead and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Hunt County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Whitehead to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Whitehead 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitehead) 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 Whitehead 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 Whitehead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8682, Longitude: -96.2603 In this case, the coordinates for Whitehead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.594 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.091 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.409 degrees. |
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