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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 Jayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jayton 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 Jayton:
- 33.248953, -100.573712
- 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 Jayton
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Jayton is near Stonewall County and also Dickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stonewall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens 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 Jayton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jayton ...
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 north)
- Corner Windmill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Dickens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Double Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Peacock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peacock is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Polar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polar is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
- Red Bluff Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
- Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
- Spur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Jayton 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 city such as Jayton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jayton and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Jayton to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,840 miles [12,617.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jayton) 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 Jayton 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 Jayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2490, Longitude: -100.5737 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.585 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.354 degrees. |
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