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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 Timbercreek Canyon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timbercreek Canyon 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 Timbercreek Canyon:
- 35.053897, -101.818670
- 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 Timbercreek Canyon
- 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 Randall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randall County
- Since Timbercreek Canyon is near Potter County and also Armstrong County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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 Timbercreek Canyon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Timbercreek Canyon ...
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.
- Bushland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chunky
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chunky is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Dawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Happy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
- Lee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Carson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Wayside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Timbercreek Canyon 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 village such as Timbercreek Canyon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Timbercreek Canyon and extending to:
- Canyon, which is the Seat of Randall County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Timbercreek Canyon 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 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,790 miles [12,536.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Timbercreek Canyon) 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 Timbercreek Canyon 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 Timbercreek Canyon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0539, Longitude: -101.8187 In this case, the coordinates for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.702 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.797 degrees. |
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