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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 Oriana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oriana 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 Oriana:
- 33.180928, -100.445389
- 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 Oriana
- 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 Stonewall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stonewall County
- Since Oriana is near Kent County and also Dickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens 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 Oriana
Communities Also Named Oriana ...
We found one communities that are also named Oriana.
Within Texas, the name Oriana is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Oriana in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Newport News City
- This Oriana is located in Newport News City and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oriana that is located in Stonewall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Oriana.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oriana ...
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.
- Cross Roads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Double Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
- Fisher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Flat Top
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Peacock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peacock is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Red Bluff Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
- Two F Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Two F Crossing is located in Stonewall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two F Crossing
How Far From Oriana 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 Oriana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Oriana once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Oriana and extending to:
- Aspermont, which is the Seat of Stonewall County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oriana to Aspermont, 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 256 miles [412 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oriana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oriana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Oriana 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 Oriana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1809, Longitude: -100.4454 In this case, the coordinates for Oriana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.486 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.535 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.30 degrees. |
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