Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Impact, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Impact and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Impact

• 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 Impact:
  • 32.500177, -99.746525
  • 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 Impact

• 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
  • Since Impact is near Jones County and also Callahan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Callahan 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 Impact

Curious and Interesting Names Near Impact ...

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.

• Blair
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Blair is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
• Buffalo Gap
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
• Caps
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Caps is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
• Clyde
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clyde is located in Callahan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>
• Elmdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
• Mount Pleasant
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Noodle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Noodle is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
• Phantom Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
• View
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • View is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View

How Far From Impact 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 town such as Impact to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Impact and extending to:

• Abilene, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Impact to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,848 miles [12,630.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'