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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 Clauene, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clauene 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 Clauene:
- 33.461760, -102.376018
- 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 Clauene
- 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 Hockley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hockley County
- Since Clauene is near Terry County and also Cochran County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cochran 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 Clauene
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clauene ...
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.
- Hurlwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurlwood is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlwood
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Levelland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lockettville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lockettville is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
- Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Ropesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sundown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Clauene 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 Clauene to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clauene and extending to:
- Levelland, which is the Seat of Hockley County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Clauene to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,456 miles [2,343.2 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 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clauene) 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 Clauene 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 Clauene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4618, Longitude: -102.3760 In this case, the coordinates for Clauene have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.887 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.227 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.201 degrees. |
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