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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 Austonio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Austonio 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 Austonio:
- 31.185967, -95.638378
- 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 Austonio
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Austonio is near Madison County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Austonio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Austonio ...
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.
- Ash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Centerview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Cut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cut is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut
- Guys Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Guys Store is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
- Halls Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Halls Bluff is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lovelady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Porter Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
How Far From Austonio 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 Austonio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Austonio and extending to:
- Crockett, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Austonio to Crockett, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,175 miles [1,891 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,750 miles [12,472.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Austonio) 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 Austonio 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 Austonio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1860, Longitude: -95.6384 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.967 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.139 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.326 degrees. |
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