Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in A T Martinez Colonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to A T Martinez Colonia and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for A T Martinez Colonia

• 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 A T Martinez Colonia:
  • 26.390342, -98.843361
  • 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 A T Martinez Colonia

• 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 Starr County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Starr County
  • Since A T Martinez Colonia is near Hidalgo County and also Zapata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata 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 A T Martinez Colonia

Curious and Interesting Names Near A T Martinez Colonia ...

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.

• Airport Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Airport Heights is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Heights
• Hackberry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hackberry is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
  • Hackberry has also been known as:
  • Hackberry Colonia
• Hilltop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hilltop is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hilltop has also been known as:
  • Hilltop Colonia
• Joseph Griggs Colonia
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Joseph Griggs Colonia is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Griggs Colonia
• Manuel Garcia
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Manuel Garcia is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Garcia
  • Manuel Garcia has also been known as:
  • Manuel Garcia Colonia
• Margarita
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Margarita is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarita
  • Margarita has also been known as:
  • Margarita Colonia
• Mitchell
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mitchell is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell has also been known as:
  • Mitchell Colonia
• Salmon
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Salmon is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
  • Salmon has also been known as:
  • Salmon Colonia
• Sammy Martinez
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sammy Martinez is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammy Martinez
  • Sammy Martinez has also been known as:
  • Sammy Martinez Colonia

How Far From A T Martinez Colonia 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 A T Martinez Colonia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in A T Martinez Colonia and extending to:

• Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from A T Martinez Colonia to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,401 miles [11,910.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,122 miles [13,071.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,997 miles [9,651.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'