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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 Black Flat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Flat 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 Black Flat:
- 33.696766, -98.839785
- 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 Black Flat
- 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 Black Flat is near Baylor County and also Wichita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baylor 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 Black Flat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Flat ...
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.
- Dads Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dads Corner is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Electra
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Holliday
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lively
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lively is located in Baylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively
- Luke Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Luke Wilson is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Wilson
- Round Timber ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Timber is located in Baylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
- Scotland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
How Far From Black Flat 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 community such as Black Flat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Flat and extending to:
- Archer City, which is the Seat of Archer County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Flat to Archer City, 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 245 miles [394.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,752 miles [12,475.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Flat) 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 Black Flat 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 Black Flat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6968, Longitude: -98.8398 In this case, the coordinates for Black Flat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.443 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.497 degrees. |
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