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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 Cee Vee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cee Vee 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 Cee Vee:
- 34.223125, -100.445674
- 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 Cee Vee
- 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 Cottle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cottle County
- Since Cee Vee is near Motley County and also Childress County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Motley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Childress 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 Cee Vee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cee Vee ...
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.
- Chalk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grow is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grow
- Hackberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackberry is located in Cottle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Jacobs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs is located in Cottle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Matador
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plains Junction is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Junction
- Tell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Turkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Cee Vee 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 Cee Vee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cee Vee and extending to:
- Paducah, which is the Seat of Cottle County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cee Vee to Paducah, 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,333 miles [2,145.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,784 miles [12,527.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,674 miles [9,131.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cee Vee) 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 Cee Vee 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 Cee Vee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2231, Longitude: -100.4457 In this case, the coordinates for Cee Vee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.625 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.824 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.206 degrees. |
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