Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mentone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mentone and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mentone
- 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 Mentone:
- 31.70693, -103.599091
- 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 Mentone
- 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 Loving County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Loving County
- Since Mentone is near Reeves County and also Ward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- eBird sighting report for Ward 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 Mentone ...
We found five communities that share the name Mentone.
Within Texas, the name Mentone is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mentone [Los Angeles County].
- San Bernardino County
- This Mentone is located in San Bernardino County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mentone that is located in Loving County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Mentone.
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mentone ...
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.
- Locker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Red Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Robinson Arms Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Arms Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County
- Wink
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
- Wink is located in Winkler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <4>
- Woody ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Mentone 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 Mentone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mentone and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mentone to Austin, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,034 miles [12,929.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mentone. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mentone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mentone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7069, Longitude: -103.5991 |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mentone 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. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mentone to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.496 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.75 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.899 degrees. |