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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 Kadane Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kadane Corner 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 Kadane Corner:
- 33.857874, -98.838675
- 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 Kadane Corner
- 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 Kadane Corner is near Archer County and also Baylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baylor 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 Kadane Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kadane Corner ...
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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Clara
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clara is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Dads Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dads Corner is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Electra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holliday
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iowa Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luke Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luke Wilson is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Wilson
- Rock Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Crossing is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
How Far From Kadane Corner 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 Kadane Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kadane Corner and extending to:
- Wichita Falls, which is the Seat of Wichita County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Kadane Corner 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 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 256 miles [412 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 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,743 miles [12,461.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kadane Corner) 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 Kadane Corner 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 Kadane Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8579, Longitude: -98.8387 In this case, the coordinates for Kadane Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.41 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.479 degrees. |
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