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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 Hillburn City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillburn City 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 Hillburn City:
- 33.085672, -103.316335
- 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 Hillburn City
- 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 Lea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lea County
- Since Hillburn City is near Yoakum County and also Gaines County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yoakum County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gaines 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 Hillburn City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillburn City ...
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.
- Allred
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Allred is located in Yoakum County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
- Buckeye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hobbs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Humble City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Humble City is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
- Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prairieview ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairieview is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
How Far From Hillburn City 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 Hillburn City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hillburn City and extending to:
- Lovington, which is the Seat of Lea County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hillburn City to Lovington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 233 miles [375 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,949 miles [12,792.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Hillburn City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hillburn City 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 Hillburn City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0857, Longitude: -103.3163 In this case, the coordinates for Hillburn City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.919 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.685 degrees. |
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