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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 Airport City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Airport City 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 Airport City:
- 29.533008, -98.301402
- 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 Airport City
- 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 Bexar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar County
- Since Airport City is near Comal County and also Guadalupe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comal County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guadalupe 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 Airport City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Airport City ...
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.
- Bracken
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bracken is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Converse
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendly Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Friendly Corner is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Garden Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garden Ridge is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,266 people
- Kirby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Longhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Longhorn is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longhorn
- Martinez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Martinez is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Shorts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shorts Corner is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
- Universal City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Airport City 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 Airport City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Airport City and extending to:
- San Antonio, which is the Seat of Bexar County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Airport City to San Antonio, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,370 miles [2,204.8 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 7,213 miles [11,608.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,942 miles [12,781.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,819 miles [9,364.8 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- Airport City) 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 Airport City 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 Airport City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5330, Longitude: -98.3014 In this case, the coordinates for Airport City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.472 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.705 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.615 degrees. |
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