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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 Narcisso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Narcisso 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 Narcisso:
- 34.000367, -100.473567
- 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 Narcisso
- 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 Cottle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cottle County
- Since Narcisso is near King County and also Motley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Motley 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 Narcisso
Curious and Interesting Names Near Narcisso ...
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.
- Cee Vee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corner Windmill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Corner Windmill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Glenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Grow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grow is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grow
- Hackberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hackberry is located in Cottle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Jacobs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacobs is located in Cottle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Matador
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roaring Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Narcisso 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 Narcisso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Narcisso and extending to:
- Paducah, which is the Seat of Cottle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Narcisso to Paducah, 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 303 miles [487.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,797 miles [12,548.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Narcisso) 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 Narcisso 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 Narcisso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0004, Longitude: -100.4736 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.616 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.786 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.24 degrees. |
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