|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Loco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Loco 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 New Loco:
- 34.748390, -100.206226
- 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 New Loco
- 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 Collingsworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collingsworth County
- Since New Loco is near Childress County and also Harmon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Childress County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harmon 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 New Loco
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Loco ...
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.
- Carl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Harmon County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Loco ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loco is located in Childress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
- Louis ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Louis is located in Harmon County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
- Madge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madge is located in Harmon County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Plains Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Junction is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Junction
- Quail
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Harmon County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Tell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
How Far From New Loco 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 New Loco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Loco and extending to:
- Wellington, which is the Seat of Collingsworth County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from New Loco to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,308 miles [2,105 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,748 miles [12,469.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,638 miles [9,073.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Loco) 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 New Loco 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 New Loco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7484, Longitude: -100.2062 In this case, the coordinates for New Loco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.766 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.038 degrees. |
|
|