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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 Archer City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Archer 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 Archer City:
- 33.595640, -98.625701
- 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 Archer 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 Archer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Since Archer City is near Young County and also Wichita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Young County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wichita 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 Archer City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Archer 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.
- Antelope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dads Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dads Corner is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Deer Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Holliday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jean
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jean is located in Young County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean
- Luke Wilson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luke Wilson is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Wilson
- Scotland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Archer City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Archer 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 Archer City and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Archer City to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,253 miles [2,016.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,749 miles [12,470.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,632 miles [9,063.8 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- Archer 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 Archer 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 Archer City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5956, Longitude: -98.6257 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.407 degrees. |
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