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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 Wickett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wickett 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 Wickett:
- 31.567243, -103.005950
- 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 Wickett
- 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 Ward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ward County
- Since Wickett is near Winkler County and also Pecos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winkler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pecos 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 Wickett
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wickett ...
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.
- Badger ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Badger is located in Ector County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Cheyenne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Grandfalls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead Crossing ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead Crossing is located in Crane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead Crossing
- Kermit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Royalty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Three Corner Windmill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wink
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Wickett 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 town such as Wickett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wickett and extending to:
- Monahans, which is the Seat of Ward County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Wickett 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 1,543 miles [2,483.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,020 miles [12,906.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,909 miles [9,509.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wickett) 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 Wickett 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 Wickett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5672, Longitude: -103.0059 In this case, the coordinates for Wickett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.05 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.201 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.623 degrees. |
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