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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 Lahey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lahey 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 Lahey:
- 33.122871, -102.334352
- 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 Lahey
- 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 Terry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Terry County
- Since Lahey is near Gaines County and also Lynn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gaines 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 Lahey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lahey ...
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.
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lockettville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lockettville is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
- Loop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Meadow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pride
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Seagraves
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Lahey 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 Lahey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lahey and extending to:
- Brownfield, which is the Seat of Terry County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lahey to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,912 miles [12,733.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,803 miles [9,339 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- Lahey) 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 Lahey 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 Lahey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1229, Longitude: -102.3344 In this case, the coordinates for Lahey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.809 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.095 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.206 degrees. |
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