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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 Saltlick Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saltlick Mill 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 Saltlick Mill:
- 30.741543, -103.628233
- 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 Saltlick Mill
- 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 Jeff Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis County
- Since Saltlick Mill is near Reeves County and also Brewster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brewster 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 Saltlick Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saltlick Mill ...
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.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chancellor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chancellor is located in Pecos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Corner Windmill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corner Windmill is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Edwards Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Place
How Far From Saltlick Mill 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 Saltlick Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saltlick Mill and extending to:
- Fort Davis, which is the Seat of Jeff Davis County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saltlick Mill to Fort Davis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,088 miles [13,016.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saltlick Mill) 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 Saltlick Mill 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 Saltlick Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7415, Longitude: -103.6282 In this case, the coordinates for Saltlick Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.357 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.473 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.956 degrees. |
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