Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Claytonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claytonville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Claytonville
- 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 Claytonville:
- 32.615366, -100.525921
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Claytonville
- 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 Fisher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fisher County
- Since Claytonville is near Scurry County and also Nolan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scurry County
- eBird sighting report for Nolan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Claytonville ...
We found five communities that share the name Claytonville.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Claytonville.
Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Swisher County
- This Claytonville is located in Swisher County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Claytonville that is located in Fisher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swisher County community of Claytonville.
- Swisher County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- This Claytonville is located in Iroquois County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Claytonville that is located in Fisher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Claytonville.
- Kansas
- Brown County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Claytonville.
- Missouri
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Claytonville [Clay County].
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Claytonville is located in Clarke County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Claytonville that is located in Fisher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Claytonville.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claytonville ...
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.
- Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Champion
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - China Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- China Grove is located in Scurry County
- Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
- Fisher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Hobbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Longworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Pledger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Sweetwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sweetwater is located in Nolan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,535 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <5>
How Far From Claytonville 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 Claytonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Claytonville and extending to:
- Roby, which is the Seat of Fisher County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Claytonville to Roby, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,381 miles [2,222.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,872 miles [12,668.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Claytonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Claytonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claytonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6154, Longitude: -100.5259 In this case, the coordinates for Claytonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Claytonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Claytonville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Claytonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.463 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.44 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.384 degrees. |