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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 Red Mud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Mud 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 Red Mud:
- 33.426757, -100.999301
- 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 Red Mud
- 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 Dickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens County
- Since Red Mud is near Crosby County and also Garza 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 Garza 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 Red Mud
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Mud ...
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.
- Dickens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elton is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Glenn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Polar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Polar is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
- Post
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Savage ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Savage is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
- Spur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Red Mud 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 Red Mud to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Mud and extending to:
- Dickens, which is the Seat of Dickens County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Red Mud to Dickens, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 289 miles [465.1 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,101 miles [11,428 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,847 miles [12,628.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 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- Red Mud) 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 Red Mud 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 Red Mud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4268, Longitude: -100.9993 In this case, the coordinates for Red Mud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.542 degrees. |
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