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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 Flagg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flagg 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 Flagg:
- 34.426185, -102.409920
- 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 Flagg
- 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 Castro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Castro County
- Since Flagg is near Parmer County and also Lamb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamb 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 Flagg
Communities Also Named Flagg ...
We found three communities that are also named Flagg.
Within Texas, the name Flagg is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Ogle County
- This Flagg is located in Ogle County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flagg that is located in Castro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Flagg.
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Flagg [Kalamazoo County].
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Flagg is located in Lane County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Flagg that is located in Castro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Flagg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flagg ...
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.
- Big Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Square is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
- Circle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Circle is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
- Clays Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Earth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Easter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Easter is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
- Hart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hub
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Jumbo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Lazbuddie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Flagg 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 Flagg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flagg and extending to:
- Dimmitt, which is the Seat of Castro County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flagg to Dimmitt, with an average speed<4> 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 395 miles [635.7 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,844 miles [12,623.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flagg) 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 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 Flagg 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 Flagg 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 Flagg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4262, Longitude: -102.4099 In this case, the coordinates for Flagg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.524 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.143 degrees. |
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