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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 Midkiff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midkiff 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 Midkiff:
- 31.632915, -101.839850
- 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 Midkiff
- 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 Upton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upton County
- Since Midkiff is near Midland County and also Glasscock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Midland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glasscock 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 Midkiff
Communities Also Named Midkiff ...
We found two communities that are also named Midkiff.
Within Texas, the name Midkiff is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Sabine Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Midkiff [Sabine Parish].
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- This Midkiff is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Midkiff that is located in Upton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Midkiff.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midkiff ...
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.
- Bounce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bounce is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounce
- Chub
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chub is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub
- Corner Windmill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Corner Windmill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Cotton Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Flat is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Flat
- Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Reagan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Upton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Garden City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Sevenmile Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sevenmile Corner is located in Upton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
How Far From Midkiff 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 Midkiff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midkiff and extending to:
- Rankin, which is the Seat of Upton County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Midkiff to Rankin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,479 miles [2,380.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,229 miles [11,633.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,973 miles [12,831.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Midkiff 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 '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- Midkiff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Midkiff 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 Midkiff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6329, Longitude: -101.8398 In this case, the coordinates for Midkiff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.239 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.069 degrees. |
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