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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 Spur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spur 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 Spur:
- 33.478404, -100.857445
- 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 Spur
- 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 Spur is near Kent County and also Crosby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crosby 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 Spur
Communities Also Named Spur ...
We found two communities that are also named Spur.
Within Texas, the name Spur is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Pitkin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Spur [Pitkin County].
- South Carolina
- Lee County
- This Spur is located in Lee County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<2> to the east of the Spur that is located in Dickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Spur.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spur ...
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.
- Corner Windmill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corner Windmill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Dickens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elton is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Glenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Roaring Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
- Wake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Spur 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 city such as Spur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spur and extending to:
- Dickens, which is the Seat of Dickens County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Spur to Dickens, with an average speed<4> 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 287 miles [461.9 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 1,374 miles [2,211.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Spur 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Spur 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 Spur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4784, Longitude: -100.8574 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.96 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.47 degrees. |
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