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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 Hoban, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoban 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 Hoban:
- 31.194307, -103.576010
- 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 Hoban
- 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 Reeves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Since Hoban is near Ward County and also Jeff Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis 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 Hoban
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoban ...
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.
- Corner Windmill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corner Windmill is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Locker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Locker is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
- Old House Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old House Place is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House Place
- Seven Heart Crossing ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Seven Heart Crossing is located in Reeves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Heart Crossing
How Far From Hoban 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 Hoban to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hoban and extending to:
- Pecos, which is the Seat of Reeves County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hoban to Pecos, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,061 miles [12,972.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hoban) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hoban 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 Hoban. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1943, Longitude: -103.5760 In this case, the coordinates for Hoban have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.396 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.912 degrees. |
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