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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 Luke Wilson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luke Wilson 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 Luke Wilson:
- 33.717879, -98.550333
- 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 Luke Wilson
- 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 Archer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Since Luke Wilson is near Wichita County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wichita County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Luke Wilson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luke Wilson ...
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 north)
- Bacon is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Dads Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dads Corner is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Corner
- Dean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dean is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Deer Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Dundee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Frame
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Frame is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame
- Holliday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jolly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Luke Wilson 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 Luke Wilson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Luke Wilson and extending to:
- Archer City, which is the Seat of Archer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Luke Wilson to Archer City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 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- Luke Wilson) 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 Luke Wilson 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 Luke Wilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7179, Longitude: -98.5503 In this case, the coordinates for Luke Wilson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.139 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.359 degrees. |
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