Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wayside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wayside and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wayside
- 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 Wayside:
- 33.325090, -101.807104
- 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 Wayside
- 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 Lynn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lynn County
- Since Wayside is near Lubbock County and also Garza County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lubbock County
- eBird sighting report for Garza 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wayside ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Wayside.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Wayside.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Armstrong County
- Roberts County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Wayside is located in Calhoun County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wayside that is located in Lynn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Wayside.
- Fayette County
- This Wayside is located in Fayette County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the east of the Wayside that is located in Lynn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Wayside.
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Montgomery County
- This Wayside is located in Montgomery County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wayside that is located in Lynn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wayside.
- Rice County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wayside [Rice County].
- Kentucky
- Anderson County
- This Wayside is located in Anderson County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wayside that is located in Lynn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Wayside.
- Spencer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wayside [Spencer County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Hoke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wayside [Hoke County].
- Swain County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wayside [Swain County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wayside [Rutherford County].
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wayside [Warren County].
- Virginia
- Charles City County
- This Wayside is located in Charles City County and lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wayside that is located in Lynn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles City County community of Wayside.
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wayside [Pittsylvania County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wayside ...
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.
- Buffalo Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Hackberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Lakeview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - New Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- New Home is located in Lynn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Home <5>
- Petty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Posey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Posey is located in Lubbock County
- Ransom Canyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Canyon
- Ransom Canyon is located in Lubbock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ransom Canyon <5>
- Slide
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
- Slide is located in Lubbock County
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Wayside 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 community such as Wayside 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 community of Wayside once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wayside and extending to:
- Tahoka, which is the Seat of Lynn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wayside to Tahoka, with an average speed<6> 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 318 miles [511.8 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 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,882 miles [12,684.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wayside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3251, Longitude: -101.8071 In this case, the coordinates for Wayside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wayside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wayside 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wayside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.463 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.709 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.937 degrees. |