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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 Alice Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alice Acres 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 Alice Acres:
- 27.728638, -98.114726
- 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 Alice Acres
- 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 Jim Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Wells County
- Since Alice Acres is near Duval County and also Nueces County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces 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 Alice Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alice Acres ...
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.
- Alice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Blanca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Coyote Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
- Coyote Acres has also been known as:
- Coyote Acres Colonia
- Heritage Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Heritage Acres has also been known as:
- Heritage Acres Colonia
- Johns Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Valley is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Valley
- Johns Valley has also been known as:
- Johns Valley Colonia
- Kingsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Meadow Ridge has also been known as:
- Meadow Ridge Colonia
- Orange Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Owl Ranch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Owl Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch
- Sandy Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Bluff is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bluff
- Sandy Bluff has also been known as:
- Sandy Bluff Colonia
How Far From Alice Acres to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alice Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alice Acres and extending to:
- Alice, which is the Seat of Jim Wells County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Alice Acres to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,434 miles [2,307.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,025 miles [12,915 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 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 from Point A (ie- Alice Acres) 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 Alice Acres 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 Alice Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7286, Longitude: -98.1147 In this case, the coordinates for Alice Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.037 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.961 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.65 degrees. |
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