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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 Sterley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterley 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 Sterley:
- 34.211182, -101.397662
- 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 Sterley
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Sterley is near Briscoe County and also Hale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Briscoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale 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 Sterley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterley ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cereal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cereal is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
- Ellen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ellen is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Gray Mule ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
- Johnfarris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Johnfarris is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnfarris
- Lone Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Briscoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sandhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sandhill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
How Far From Sterley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sterley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Sterley once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sterley and extending to:
- Floydada, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sterley to Floydada, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,820 miles [12,585.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Sterley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sterley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sterley 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 Sterley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2112, Longitude: -101.3977 In this case, the coordinates for Sterley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.666 degrees. |
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