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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 Texas Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Texas Acres 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 Texas Acres:
- 35.974979, -114.913043
- 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 Texas Acres
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Texas Acres is near Mohave County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Texas Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Texas Acres ...
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.
- Bard ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Boulder City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boulder Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Bracken ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bracken is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Hillegas ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillegas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillegas
- Hills Camp ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Camp
- Junction City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Mountain's Edge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mountain's Edge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain's Edge
- Paradise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Victory Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Willow Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winterwood ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winterwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
How Far From Texas Acres 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 Texas Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Texas Acres and extending to:
- Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Texas Acres to Las Vegas, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,071 miles [3,333 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,367 miles [11,856 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,135 miles [13,092 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Texas Acres) 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 Texas Acres 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 Texas Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9750, Longitude: -114.9130 In this case, the coordinates for Texas Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.308 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.719 degrees. |
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