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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 Circleback, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Circleback 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 Circleback:
- 34.032309, -102.664374
- 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 Circleback
- 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 Circleback is near Lamb County and also Hockley 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 Hockley 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 Circleback
Curious and Interesting Names Near Circleback ...
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.
- Cofferville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cofferville is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofferville
- Earth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Goodland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodland is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Littlefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maple
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Muleshoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Progress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
How Far From Circleback to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Circleback to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Circleback and extending to:
- Muleshoe, which is the Seat of Bailey County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Circleback 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 387 miles [622.8 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 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,875 miles [12,673.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 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' (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- Circleback) 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 Circleback 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 Circleback. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0323, Longitude: -102.6644 In this case, the coordinates for Circleback have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.173 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.299 degrees. |
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