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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 Plemons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plemons 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 Plemons:
- 35.800874, -101.309051
- 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 Plemons
- 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 Hutchinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hutchinson County
- Since Plemons is near Carson County and also Hansford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hansford 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 Plemons
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plemons ...
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.
- Deal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deal is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
- Electric City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Kingsmill Camp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Morse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Pringle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Wayside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Plemons 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 Plemons 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 Plemons once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plemons and extending to:
- Stinnett, which is the Seat of Hutchinson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Plemons to Austin, with an average speed<4>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 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Plemons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Plemons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Plemons 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 Plemons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8009, Longitude: -101.3091 In this case, the coordinates for Plemons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.429 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.472 degrees. |
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