Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Loop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loop and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Loop
- 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 Loop:
- 32.915198, -102.416426
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Loop
- 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 Gaines County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gaines County
- Since Loop is near Terry County and also Yoakum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Terry County
- eBird sighting report for Yoakum 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Loop ...
We found nine communities that share the name Loop.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Loop.
Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Loop [Cherokee County].
- Mobile County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Loop [Mobile County].
- California
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This Loop is located in Blair County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Loop that is located in Gaines County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Loop.
- Indiana County
- This Loop is located in Indiana County and lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km] to the east northeast of the Loop that is located in Gaines County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Loop.
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loop ...
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.
- Allred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Grandview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Needmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Yoakum County
- Pride
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Punkin Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Punkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Punkin Center is located in Dawson County
- Sand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Seagraves
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagraves
- Seagraves is located in Gaines County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,994 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seagraves <4>
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Loop 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 community such as Loop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Loop and extending to:
- Seminole, which is the Seat of Gaines County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loop to Seminole, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,472 miles [2,369 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,926 miles [12,755.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loop. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Loop could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Loop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9152, Longitude: -102.4164 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Loop to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.837 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.105 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.26 degrees. |