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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 Mabelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mabelle 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 Mabelle:
- 33.670095, -99.139238
- 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 Mabelle
- 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 Baylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baylor County
- Since Mabelle is near Archer County and also Wilbarger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Archer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilbarger 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 Mabelle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mabelle ...
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.
- Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dundee is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Grayback
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grayback is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayback
- Hoot and Holler Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lively
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lively is located in Baylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively
- Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Red Springs is located in Baylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Rock Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Crossing is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Round Timber ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Round Timber is located in Baylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
- Spring Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
How Far From Mabelle 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 Mabelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mabelle and extending to:
- Seymour, which is the Seat of Baylor County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Mabelle to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,278 miles [2,056.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,764 miles [12,494.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mabelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mabelle 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 Mabelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6701, Longitude: -99.1392 In this case, the coordinates for Mabelle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.645 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.64 degrees. |
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