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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 Basin Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basin Junction 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 Basin Junction:
- 29.334366, -103.256563
- 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 Basin Junction
- 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 Brewster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brewster 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 Basin Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Basin Junction ...
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.
- Corner Windmill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Corner Windmill is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Glenn Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenn Springs is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
- Hot Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Springs is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Onion Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Onion Spring is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Spring
- Panther Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Panther Junction is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Junction
- Study Butte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Study Butte is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Study Butte
How Far From Basin Junction 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 Basin Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Basin Junction and extending to:
- Alpine, which is the Seat of Brewster County, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Basin Junction to Alpine, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,149 miles [13,114.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Basin Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Basin Junction 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 Basin Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3344, Longitude: -103.2566 In this case, the coordinates for Basin Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.843 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.695 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.832 degrees. |
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