Latitude

I’ve always loved looking at maps.  Everywhere I've ever lived I've had maps on the walls. I often look at my globe. I have a map of Kerrville on our refrigerator, which helps me understand where I am when I go out and about in our new community.

A lot of my friends asked how far south we are. I decided to look it up.  As I did I got curious about what other cities are on the same degree of latitude.  I tried to include cities where my friends live, so you can find yourself (or perhaps your favorite city) and see where it is in relation to other places on the globe.

I’ll start way up in Alaska. Remember these are degrees north of the equator and I rounded off so some may be a teeny bit further north or south of the ones on the same degree.

61 – Anchorage AK

57 – Inverness & Aberdeen, Scotland

55 – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moscow

53 – Edmonton, Liverpool, Dublin

52 – Berlin, Amsterdam, Warsaw

51 – London, Calgary

50 – Krakow

49 – Vancouver BC

48 – Paris, Vienna

47 – Ulan Bator, Seattle

45 – Portland OR, Montreal, Milan, Venice, Ottawa

44 – Minneapolis

43 – Florence, Nice, Toronto

42 – Boston, Detroit

41 – Rome, Chicago, Barcelona, Istanbul

40 – Salt Lake City, NY City, Madrid

39 – Bejing, Indianapolis, Denver, Reno, Kansas City

38 – Washington DC, Lisbon, Louisville, Athens

37 – San Francisco, Seoul, Coarsegold, Durango CO

36 – Algiers, Las Vegas, Tulsa, Nashville, Fresno

35 – Tokyo, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Kyoto, Albuquerque

34 – Osaka, Los Angeles, Ventura

33 – Atlanta, Phoenix, Baghdad

32 – Dallas, San Diego, Tel Aviv

31 – Shanghai

30 – Austin, Cairo, Kerrville

29 – New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, Lhasa,

28 – New Delhi, Chihuahua, Orlando

25 – Miami

23 – Havana

22 – Hong Kong

21 – Mecca, Honolulu, Cancun, Hanoi

20 – Puerto Vallarta

19 – Mexico City

18 – Bombay

14 – Manila

13 – Bangkok

10 – Ho Chi Minh City, Maracaibo

9 – San Jose, Costa Rica

Where we are in the time zone affects what time the sun rises and sets. It's been strange to have the sun set just before 7:00 p.m. this late in the year and even weirder to get up in the dark and watch the sun rise at 8:00 a.m. But of course, this will change  when we turn back our clocks this weekend.