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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 Alanreed, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alanreed 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 Alanreed:
- 35.212549, -100.734306
- 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 Alanreed
- 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 Gray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gray County
- Since Alanreed is near Donley County and also Wheeler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Donley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler 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 Alanreed
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alanreed ...
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.
- Back
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Back is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
- Groom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Heaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Heaton is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hoover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Howardwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howardwick is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Kingsmill Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Magic City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magic City is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
- Rockledge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockledge is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Shamrock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Alanreed 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 Alanreed to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alanreed and extending to:
- Pampa, which is the Seat of Gray County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alanreed to Pampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,326 miles [2,134 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,742 miles [12,459.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,636 miles [9,070.3 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 from Point A (ie- Alanreed) 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 Alanreed 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 Alanreed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2125, Longitude: -100.7343 In this case, the coordinates for Alanreed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.951 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.248 degrees. |
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