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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 Stekoll Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stekoll Camp 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 Stekoll Camp:
- 35.778374, -101.378775
- 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 Stekoll Camp
- 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 Hutchinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hutchinson County
- Since Stekoll Camp is near Carson County and also Hansford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hansford 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 Stekoll Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stekoll Camp ...
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.
- Deal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deal is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal
- Electric City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
- Kingsmill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
- Kingsmill Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsmill Camp is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill Camp
- Morse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Pringle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Wayside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Roberts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Stekoll Camp 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 Stekoll Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stekoll Camp and extending to:
- Stinnett, which is the Seat of Hutchinson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Stekoll Camp to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,349 miles [2,171 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,735 miles [12,448.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,632 miles [9,063.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stekoll Camp) 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 Stekoll Camp 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 Stekoll Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7784, Longitude: -101.3788 In this case, the coordinates for Stekoll Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.01 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.509 degrees. |
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