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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 Quanah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quanah 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 Quanah:
- 34.295799, -99.740167
- 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 Quanah
- 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 Hardeman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
- Since Quanah is near Jackson County and also Foard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Foard 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 Quanah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quanah ...
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.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Eldorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farmers Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Valley is located in Wilbarger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Jackson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Louis ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Margaret
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Medicine Mound ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medicine Mound is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Mound
- Punkin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Punkin Center is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Willowview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willowview is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowview
How Far From Quanah 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 city such as Quanah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Quanah and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Quanah 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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,294 miles [2,082.5 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 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,754 miles [12,478.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,642 miles [9,079.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quanah) 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 Quanah 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 Quanah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2958, Longitude: -99.7402 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.262 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.861 degrees. |
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