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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 Fowlkes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fowlkes 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 Fowlkes:
- 33.993427, -98.834510
- 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 Fowlkes
- 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 Wichita County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wichita County
- Since Fowlkes is near Wilbarger County and also Archer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilbarger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer 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 Fowlkes
Communities Also Named Fowlkes ...
We found one communities that are also named Fowlkes.
Within Texas, the name Fowlkes is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Fowlkes in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- This Fowlkes is located in Dyer County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fowlkes that is located in Wichita County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Fowlkes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fowlkes ...
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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bacon is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Clara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clara is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Dads Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dads Corner is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Electra
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grayback
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grayback is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayback
- Holliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rock Crossing is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Thrift
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thrift is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
How Far From Fowlkes 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 Fowlkes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fowlkes and extending to:
- Wichita Falls, which is the Seat of Wichita County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fowlkes to Wichita Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 265 miles [426.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,253 miles [2,016.5 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 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,736 miles [12,449.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,621 miles [9,046.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Fowlkes) 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 Fowlkes 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 Fowlkes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9934, Longitude: -98.8345 In this case, the coordinates for Fowlkes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.443 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.463 degrees. |
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