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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 Dads Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dads Corner 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 Dads Corner:
- 33.746211, -98.688114
- 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 Dads Corner
- 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 Archer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Since Dads Corner is near Wichita County and also Baylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wichita County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baylor 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 Dads Corner
Communities Also Named Dads Corner ...
We found one communities that are also named Dads Corner.
Within Texas, the name Dads Corner is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Dads Corner in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Aitkin County
- This Dads Corner is located in Aitkin County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Dads Corner that is located in Archer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aitkin County community of Dads Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dads Corner ...
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.
- Bacon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Dundee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Holliday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iowa Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jolly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Luke Wilson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Luke Wilson is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Wilson
- Raymond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Scotland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Dads Corner 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 Dads Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dads Corner and extending to:
- Archer City, which is the Seat of Archer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dads Corner to Archer City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,743 miles [12,461.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dads Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dads Corner 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 Dads Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7462, Longitude: -98.6881 In this case, the coordinates for Dads Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.345 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.421 degrees. |
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