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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 Allamoore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allamoore 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 Allamoore:
- 31.078188, -105.003554
- 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 Allamoore
- 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 Hudspeth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hudspeth County
- Since Allamoore is near Culberson County and also Jeff Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culberson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis 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 Allamoore
Communities Also Named Allamoore ...
We found one communities that are also named Allamoore.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Allamoore.
Beyond Texas.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Allamoore [El Paso County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allamoore ...
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.
- Corner Windmill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Corner Windmill is located in Culberson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Eagle Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eagle Flat is located in Hudspeth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Flat
- Indian Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hot Springs is located in Hudspeth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hot Springs
- Lobo ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lobo is located in Culberson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
- Mile High
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mile High is located in Hudspeth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile High
How Far From Allamoore 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 Allamoore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Allamoore and extending to:
- Sierra Blanca, which is the Seat of Hudspeth County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Allamoore to Sierra Blanca, 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 most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 434 miles [698.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 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 8,119 miles [13,066.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Allamoore 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allamoore) 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 Allamoore 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 Allamoore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0782, Longitude: -105.0036 In this case, the coordinates for Allamoore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.407 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.769 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.601 degrees. |
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