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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 Wilson Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilson Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wilson Place:
    • 30.402969, -100.086189
    • 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 Wilson Place
  • 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 Wilson Place ...

We found four communities that share the name Wilson Place.

Within Texas, the name Wilson Place is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Glenn County
      • This Wilson Place is located in Glenn County and lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilson Place that is located in Kimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glenn County community of Wilson Place.
    • Colorado
      • Moffat County
      • This Wilson Place is located in Moffat County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wilson Place that is located in Kimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moffat County community of Wilson Place.
    • Florida
      • Seminole County
      • This Wilson Place is located in Seminole County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wilson Place that is located in Kimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Wilson Place.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Wilson Place [East Baton Rouge Parish].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilson Place ...

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.

  • Buck Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Hollow
    • Buck Hollow is located in Kimble County
  • Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Junction Windmill
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Windmill
    • Junction Windmill is located in Kerr County
  • Rocksprings
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Telegraph ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph
    • Telegraph is located in Kimble County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telegraph <4>

How Far From Wilson Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wilson Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilson Place and extending to:

  • Junction, which is the Seat of Kimble County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilson Place to Junction, with an average speed<5> 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 6 hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,970 miles [12,826.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilson Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wilson Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilson Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4030, Longitude: -100.0862       In this case, the coordinates for Wilson Place 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 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 Wilson Place 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 Wilson Place 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 321.82 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.411 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.342 degrees.




 

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