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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 Medicine Mound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Medicine Mound 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 Medicine Mound:
- 34.187860, -99.594535
- 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 Medicine Mound
- 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 Hardeman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
- Since Medicine Mound is near Wilbarger County and also Foard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilbarger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Foard 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 Medicine Mound
Curious and Interesting Names Near Medicine Mound ...
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.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fargo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fargo is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Farmers Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmers Valley is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Hinds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hinds is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Lockett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lockett is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockett
- Margaret
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Margaret is located in Foard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
- Punkin Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Punkin Center is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Wheatland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Willowview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willowview is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowview
How Far From Medicine Mound 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 Medicine Mound to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Medicine Mound once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Medicine Mound and extending to:
- Quanah, which is the Seat of Hardeman County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Medicine Mound to Quanah, with an average speed<4> 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 291 miles [468.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,755 miles [12,480.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,642 miles [9,079.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Medicine Mound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Medicine Mound) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Medicine Mound 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 Medicine Mound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1879, Longitude: -99.5945 In this case, the coordinates for Medicine Mound have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.114 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.802 degrees. |
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