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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 Crosbyton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crosbyton 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 Crosbyton:
- 33.641277, -101.237720
- 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 Crosbyton
- 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 Crosby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crosby County
- Since Crosbyton is near Dickens County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Crosbyton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crosbyton ...
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.
- Cone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dickens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elton is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Farmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Glenn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Plains Assembly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Plains Assembly is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Assembly
- Savage ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
- Spur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Crosbyton 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 city such as Crosbyton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crosbyton and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Crosbyton 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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,390 miles [2,237 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,844 miles [12,623.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,734 miles [9,228 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crosbyton) 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 Crosbyton 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 Crosbyton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6413, Longitude: -101.2377 In this case, the coordinates for Crosbyton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.105 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.638 degrees. |
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