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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 Neely Ward, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neely Ward 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 Neely Ward:
- 33.757319, -102.901882
- 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 Neely Ward
- 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 Cochran County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cochran County
- Since Neely Ward is near Bailey County and also Roosevelt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bailey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roosevelt 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 Neely Ward
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neely Ward ...
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.
- Bluit ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bluit is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluit
- Goodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goodland is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Inez ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Inez is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lingo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lingo is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Longs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longs is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
- Maple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Needmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Bailey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Star Route
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Star Route is located in Cochran County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
How Far From Neely Ward to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Neely Ward to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neely Ward and extending to:
- Morton, which is the Seat of Cochran County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Neely Ward to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,476 miles [2,375.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,898 miles [12,710.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 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- Neely Ward) 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 Neely Ward 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 Neely Ward. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7573, Longitude: -102.9019 In this case, the coordinates for Neely Ward have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.305 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.436 degrees. |
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