Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Riverton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Riverton
- 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 Riverton:
- 31.753461, -103.771577
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Riverton
- 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 Reeves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Since Riverton is near Loving County and also Eddy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Loving County
- eBird sighting report for Eddy 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Riverton ...
We found 40 communities that share the name Riverton.
Within Texas, the name Riverton is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 37 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Riverton #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=31.753461&lon=-103.771577&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Riverton.
- California
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- This Riverton is located in Cherokee County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Riverton.
- Reno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Riverton [Reno County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Riverton lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Riverton is located in Dorchester County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Riverton.
- Wicomico County
- This Riverton is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km] to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Riverton.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Riverton [Bolivar County].
- Coahoma County
- This Riverton is located in Coahoma County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Riverton.
- Missouri
- Buchanan County
- Although located in Buchanan County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Riverton.
- Lafayette County
- Although located in Lafayette County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Riverton.
- Oregon County
- This Riverton is located in Oregon County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Riverton.
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Riverton lies 2,379 miles [3,828.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Riverton is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Riverton.
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverton [Cumberland County].
- Northampton County
- This Riverton is located in Northampton County and lies 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km] to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Riverton.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Riverton lies 2,388 miles [3,843.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverton that is located in Reeves County.
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverton ...
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.
- Locker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Red Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Robinson Arms Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Arms Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County
- Rock House Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock House Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County (NM)
- Woody ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Riverton 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 Riverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverton and extending to:
- Pecos, which is the Seat of Reeves County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Riverton to Pecos, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,578 miles [2,539.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,038 miles [12,935.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Riverton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7535, Longitude: -103.7716 In this case, the coordinates for Riverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Riverton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Riverton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.628 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.913 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.979 degrees. |