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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 Lefors, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lefors 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 Lefors:
- 35.439600, -100.803910
- 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 Lefors
- 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 Gray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gray County
- Since Lefors is near Roberts County and also Wheeler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roberts County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler 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 Lefors
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lefors ...
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.
- Back
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Back is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
- Groom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heaton is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Kingsmill Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Magic City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Magic City is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
- Rockledge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rockledge is located in Donley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Wayside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Lefors 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 town such as Lefors to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lefors and extending to:
- Pampa, which is the Seat of Gray County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lefors to Pampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,733 miles [12,445.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lefors) 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 Lefors 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 Lefors. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4396, Longitude: -100.8039 In this case, the coordinates for Lefors have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.027 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.259 degrees. |
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