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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 Boys' Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boys' Ranch 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 Boys' Ranch:
- 35.532176, -102.254421
- 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 Boys' Ranch
- 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 Oldham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oldham County
- Since Boys' Ranch is near Potter County and also Hartley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hartley 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 Boys' Ranch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boys' Ranch ...
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.
- Bushland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chunky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chunky is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Everett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Everett is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ford is located in Deaf Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Four Way
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Four Way is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
- Marsh
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marsh is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Partwood Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Partwood Crossing is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partwood Crossing
- Strip Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Strip Crossing is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strip Crossing
How Far From Boys' Ranch 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 Boys' Ranch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boys' Ranch and extending to:
- Vega, which is the Seat of Oldham County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boys' Ranch to Vega, 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 447 miles [719.4 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,401 miles [2,254.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,779 miles [12,519.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,678 miles [9,137.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boys' Ranch) 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 Boys' Ranch 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 Boys' Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5322, Longitude: -102.2544 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.073 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.685 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.969 degrees. |
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