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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 Whitestar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitestar 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 Whitestar:
- 34.162849, -100.952087
- 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 Whitestar
- 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 Whitestar is near Floyd County and also Briscoe 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 Briscoe 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 Whitestar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitestar ...
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Glenn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenn is located in Dickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Gray Mule ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
- Johnfarris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Lone Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Matador
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Turkey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wake is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
How Far From Whitestar 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 Whitestar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whitestar and extending to:
- Matador, which is the Seat of Motley County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Whitestar to Matador, with an average speed<3> 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 327 miles [526.3 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 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,362 miles [2,191.9 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 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,806 miles [12,562.5 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- Whitestar) 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 Whitestar 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 Whitestar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1628, Longitude: -100.9521 In this case, the coordinates for Whitestar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.973 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.455 degrees. |
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