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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 Tam Anne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tam Anne 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 Tam Anne:
- 34.530903, -102.519373
- 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 Tam Anne
- 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 Castro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Castro County
- Since Tam Anne is near Parmer County and also Lamb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamb 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 Tam Anne
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tam Anne ...
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.
- Big Square
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Square is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Square
- Clays Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Corner is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Corner
- Easter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Easter is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter
- Flagg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flagg is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
- Hub
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hub is located in Parmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Jumbo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Lazbuddie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Tam Anne 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 Tam Anne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tam Anne and extending to:
- Dimmitt, which is the Seat of Castro County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Tam Anne to Dimmitt, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,843 miles [12,622.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,739 miles [9,236 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tam Anne) 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 Tam Anne 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 Tam Anne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5309, Longitude: -102.5194 In this case, the coordinates for Tam Anne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.136 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.645 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.189 degrees. |
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