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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 Whiteflat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whiteflat 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 Whiteflat:
- 34.105351, -100.889583
- 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 Whiteflat
- 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 Motley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Motley County
- Since Whiteflat is near Floyd County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Whiteflat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whiteflat ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cee Vee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Gray Mule ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
- Johnfarris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnfarris is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnfarris
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Matador
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Turkey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Whiteflat 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 Whiteflat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whiteflat and extending to:
- Matador, which is the Seat of Motley County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Whiteflat to Austin, with an average speed<3>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 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,807 miles [12,564.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 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- Whiteflat) 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 Whiteflat 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 Whiteflat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1054, Longitude: -100.8896 In this case, the coordinates for Whiteflat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.922 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.43 degrees. |
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