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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 Wilmeth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilmeth 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 Wilmeth:
- 31.978198, -100.120371
- 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 Wilmeth
- 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 Runnels County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Runnels County
- Since Wilmeth is near Coke County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Wilmeth
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmeth ...
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 Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Crews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crews is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
- Happy Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Lawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marie is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Maryneal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Mott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
- Robert Lee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rogers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- View is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
How Far From Wilmeth 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 Wilmeth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wilmeth and extending to:
- Ballinger, which is the Seat of Runnels County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilmeth to Ballinger, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,890 miles [12,697.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,773 miles [9,290.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilmeth) 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 Wilmeth 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 Wilmeth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9782, Longitude: -100.1204 In this case, the coordinates for Wilmeth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.088 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.92 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.246 degrees. |
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