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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 Exum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Exum 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 Exum:
- 36.026979, -102.194350
- 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 Exum
- 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 Hartley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hartley County
- Since Exum is near Moore County and also Dallam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallam 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 Exum
Communities Also Named Exum ...
We found four communities that are also named Exum.
Within Texas, the name Exum is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Exum is located in Jefferson County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the east of the Exum that is located in Hartley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Exum.
- Georgia
- Macon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Exum [Macon County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- This Exum is located in Brunswick County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<1> to the east of the Exum that is located in Hartley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Exum.
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Exum [DeKalb County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Exum ...
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.
- Cactus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Four Way
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Four Way is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Way
- Irwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Dallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- King is located in Hartley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Sunray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Exum 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 Exum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Exum and extending to:
- Channing, which is the Seat of Hartley County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Exum to Channing, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 473 miles [761.2 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,388 miles [2,233.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,750 miles [12,472.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Exum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Exum 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Exum 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 Exum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0270, Longitude: -102.1944 In this case, the coordinates for Exum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.089 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.761 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.892 degrees. |
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