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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 Skidmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skidmore and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Skidmore:
    • 28.254172, -97.685552
    • 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 Skidmore
  • 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 Bee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bee County
    • Since Skidmore is near San Patricio County and also Live Oak County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Live Oak 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 Skidmore

Communities Also Named Skidmore ...

We found ten communities that are also named Skidmore.

Within Texas, the name Skidmore is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Skidmore is located in Cherokee County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Skidmore that is located in Bee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Skidmore.
      • Ford 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 Skidmore [Ford County].
      • Meade County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Meade County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Skidmore.
    • Kentucky
      • Clay 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 Kentucky community of Skidmore [Clay County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Skidmore is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Skidmore that is located in Bee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Skidmore.
    • Michigan
      • Dickinson County
      • This Skidmore is located in Dickinson County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Skidmore that is located in Bee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Skidmore.
    • Missouri
      • Nodaway County
      • This Skidmore is located in Nodaway County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the north of the Skidmore that is located in Bee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Skidmore.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lawrence 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 Skidmore [Lawrence County].
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Skidmore [Barbour County].
      • Jackson County
      • This Skidmore is located in Jackson County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Skidmore that is located in Bee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Skidmore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skidmore ...

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.

  • Beeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Blue Berry Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
  • Casa Blanca
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
  • Hideaway Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hideaway Hill is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hill
  • Lake City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
  • Orangedale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Orangedale is located in Bee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
  • Peace Valley Harbor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Peace Valley Harbor is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley Harbor
  • Sandy Bluff
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Bluff is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bluff
    • Sandy Bluff has also been known as:
    • Sandy Bluff Colonia
  • Sodville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sodville is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodville

How Far From Skidmore 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 Skidmore to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Skidmore and extending to:

  • Beeville, which is the Seat of Bee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Skidmore to Beeville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,980 miles [12,842.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,856 miles [9,424.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skidmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Skidmore 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Skidmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Skidmore 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 Skidmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2542, Longitude: -97.6856       In this case, the coordinates for Skidmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.849 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.805 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.44 degrees.