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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 Thorntonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thorntonville 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 Thorntonville:
    • 31.578792, -102.921980
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Thorntonville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Thorntonville ...

We found one communities that share the name Thorntonville.

Within Texas, the name Thorntonville is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Thorntonville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Marion 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 Georgia community of Thorntonville [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thorntonville ...

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.

  • Badger ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
    • Badger is located in Ector County
  • Cheyenne
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
    • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
  • Grandfalls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandfalls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfalls
    • Grandfalls is located in Ward County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandfalls <3>
  • Horsehead Crossing ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horsehead Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead Crossing
    • Horsehead Crossing is located in Crane County
  • Kermit
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Royalty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Three Corner Windmill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Corner Windmill
    • Three Corner Windmill is located in Ward County
  • Wink
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
    • Wink is located in Winkler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <3>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Thorntonville and extending to:

  • Monahans, which is the Seat of Ward County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Thorntonville to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,270 miles [11,699.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,016 miles [12,900.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thorntonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Thorntonville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Thorntonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thorntonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5788, Longitude: -102.9220       In this case, the coordinates for Thorntonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Thorntonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.992 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.134 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.582 degrees.




 

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