Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Mobeetie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Mobeetie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Mobeetie

• 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 Mobeetie:
  • 35.531991, -100.441518
  • 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 Mobeetie

• 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 Wheeler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler County
  • Since New Mobeetie is near Hemphill County and also Gray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hemphill County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gray 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 Mobeetie

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Mobeetie ...

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.

• Back
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Back is located in Gray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
• Canadian
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Canadian is located in Hemphill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadian
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,677 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canadian <1>
• Gem
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gem is located in Hemphill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
• Heaton
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Heaton is located in Gray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
• Hoover
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Hoover is located in Gray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
• Magic City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
• Meridian
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Meridian is located in Roger Mills County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
• Shamrock
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shamrock is located in Wheeler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamrock <1>
• Springers Ranch ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Springers Ranch is located in Hemphill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Ranch
• Twitty
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty

How Far From New Mobeetie 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 New Mobeetie 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 Mobeetie and extending to:

• Wheeler, which is the Seat of Wheeler County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Mobeetie to Wheeler, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,715 miles [12,416.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'