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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 Burchard Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burchard Place 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 Burchard Place:
- 31.504297, -103.856577
- 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 Burchard Place
- 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 Reeves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Since Burchard Place is near Culberson County and also Loving 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 Loving 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 Burchard Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burchard Place ...
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.
- Locker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Locker is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
- Old Christian Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Old Christian Place is located in Culberson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Christian Place
- Old House Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Old House Place is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House Place
- Red Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Seven Heart Crossing ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Heart Crossing is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Heart Crossing
- Woody ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Loving County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
How Far From Burchard Place 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 Burchard Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Burchard Place and extending to:
- Pecos, which is the Seat of Reeves County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burchard Place to Pecos, with an average speed<2> 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 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,055 miles [12,963.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Burchard Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Burchard Place 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 Burchard Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5043, Longitude: -103.8566 In this case, the coordinates for Burchard Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.649 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.909 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.032 degrees. |
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