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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 Wake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wake 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 Wake:
- 33.782582, -101.094591
- 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 Wake
- 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 Crosby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crosby County
- Since Wake is near Dickens County and also Motley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Motley 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 Wake
Communities Also Named Wake ...
We found three communities that are also named Wake.
Within Texas, the name Wake is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wake [Baxter County].
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wake [Wake County].
- Virginia
- Middlesex County
- This Wake is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,403 miles [2,257.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wake that is located in Crosby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wake ...
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.
- Cone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dickens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elton is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Farmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Farmer is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Glenn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Plains Assembly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plains Assembly is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Assembly
- Roaring Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Wake 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 Wake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wake and extending to:
- Crosbyton, which is the Seat of Crosby County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wake to Crosbyton, with an average speed<5> 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 312 miles [502.1 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 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,379 miles [2,219.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,831 miles [12,602.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,721 miles [9,207.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Wake 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wake 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 Wake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7826, Longitude: -101.0946 In this case, the coordinates for Wake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.023 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.242 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.557 degrees. |
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