Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Kalgary:
  • 33.408978, -101.148473
  • 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 Kalgary

• 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 Crosby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crosby County
  • Since Kalgary is near Dickens County and also Garza County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Garza 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 Kalgary

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kalgary ...

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.

• Close City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Close City is located in Garza County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
  • Close City has also been known as:
  • Ragtown
• Dickens
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickens is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <1>
• Elton
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elton is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
• Graham
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Graham is located in Garza County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
• Hackberry
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Hackberry is located in Garza County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
• Justiceburg
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Justiceburg is located in Garza County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Justiceburg <1>
• Post
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Post is located in Garza County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post <1>
• Savage ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Savage is located in Crosby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
• Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
• Spur
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Spur is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <1>
• Wake
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Wake is located in Crosby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake

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

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

• Crosbyton, which is the Seat of Crosby County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kalgary to Crosbyton, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 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 7,853 miles [12,638.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,742 miles [9,240.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'