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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 Plains Assembly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plains Assembly 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 Plains Assembly:
- 33.886747, -101.339323
- 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 Plains Assembly
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Plains Assembly is near Crosby County and also Hale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crosby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale 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 Plains Assembly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plains Assembly ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ellen is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Farmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmer is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Heckville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heckville is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Sandhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Savage ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Savage is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Wake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Plains Assembly 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 Plains Assembly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plains Assembly and extending to:
- Floydada, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Plains Assembly 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 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,835 miles [12,609.2 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> | 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plains Assembly) 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 Plains Assembly 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 Plains Assembly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8867, Longitude: -101.3393 In this case, the coordinates for Plains Assembly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.21 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.666 degrees. |
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