Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Baileyboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baileyboro and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Baileyboro

• 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 Baileyboro:
  • 34.026752, -102.819662
  • 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 Baileyboro

• 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 Bailey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bailey County
  • Since Baileyboro is near Lamb County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamb County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt 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 Baileyboro

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baileyboro ...

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.

• Arch
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Arch is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
• Circleback
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Circleback is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleback
• Friendship
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Friendship is located in Lamb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Goodland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodland is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
• Inez ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Inez is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
• Maple
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Maple is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple <1>
• Muleshoe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Muleshoe is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,822 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muleshoe <1>
• Needmore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Needmore is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Progress
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Progress is located in Bailey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
• Star Route
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Star Route is located in Cochran County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route

How Far From Baileyboro 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 Baileyboro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Baileyboro and extending to:

• Muleshoe, which is the Seat of Bailey County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Baileyboro to Muleshoe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,881 miles [12,683.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'