Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Willow Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Willow Spring
- 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 Willow Spring:
- 33.777882, -96.744998
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Willow Spring
- 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Since Willow Spring is near Marshall County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Bryan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Willow Spring ...
We found two communities that share the name Willow Spring.
Within Texas, the name Willow Spring is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This Willow Spring is located in Yavapai County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the west of the Willow Spring that is located in Grayson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Willow Spring.
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willow Spring [Wake County].
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Spring ...
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.
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie is located in Grayson County
- Fink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Frontier Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Gage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Glen Eden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Gordonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Gordonville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonville <4>
- Hanger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Locust
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Locust is located in Grayson County
- Red Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Red Branch is located in Grayson County
How Far From Willow Spring 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 Willow Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willow Spring and extending to:
- Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Willow Spring to Sherman, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,149 miles [1,849.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,666 miles [12,337.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,547 miles [8,927 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willow Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grayson County: www.co.grayson.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Willow Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willow Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7779, Longitude: -96.7450 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Willow Spring 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Willow Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.028 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.715 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.52 degrees. |