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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 Skeen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skeen 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 Skeen:
- 33.063429, -101.787098
- 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 Skeen
- 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 Lynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lynn County
- Since Skeen is near Dawson County and also Borden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Borden 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 Skeen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skeen ...
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.
- Draw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Draw is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
- Graham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Grandview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grassland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Hindman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hindman is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindman
- Mesquite ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mesquite is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
- New Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Petty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Petty is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Plains is located in Borden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Pride
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pride is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Skeen 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 Skeen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skeen and extending to:
- Tahoka, which is the Seat of Lynn County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Skeen 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 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,785 miles [9,310.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Skeen) 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 Skeen 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 Skeen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0634, Longitude: -101.7871 In this case, the coordinates for Skeen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.412 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.947 degrees. |
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