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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 Welcome Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Welcome Valley 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 Welcome Valley:
- 32.200697, -98.150317
- 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 Welcome Valley
- 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 Erath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erath County
- Since Welcome Valley is near Hood County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Welcome Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Welcome Valley ...
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.
- Bluff Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chalk Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chalk Mountain is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Mountain
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Dublin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hannibal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hannibal is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Johnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsville is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Knob Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knob Hill is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Three Way
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Three Way is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
How Far From Welcome Valley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Welcome Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Welcome Valley and extending to:
- Stephenville, which is the Seat of Erath County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Welcome Valley to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,801 miles [12,554.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Welcome Valley) 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 Welcome Valley 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 Welcome Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2007, Longitude: -98.1503 In this case, the coordinates for Welcome Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.774 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.395 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.328 degrees. |
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