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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 Hurlwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hurlwood 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 Hurlwood:
- 33.576753, -102.037948
- 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 Hurlwood
- 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 Lubbock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lubbock County
- Since Hurlwood is near Hockley County and also Lynn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hockley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lynn 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 Hurlwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hurlwood ...
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.
- Buffalo Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Canyon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Canyon is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Levelland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Meadow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Posey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Ropesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roundup
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roundup is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
- Slide
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slide is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Hurlwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hurlwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hurlwood and extending to:
- Lubbock, which is the Seat of Lubbock County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hurlwood to Lubbock, 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 339 miles [545.6 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,435 miles [2,309.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,877 miles [12,676.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hurlwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hurlwood 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 Hurlwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5768, Longitude: -102.0379 In this case, the coordinates for Hurlwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.663 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.029 degrees. |
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