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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 Bateman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bateman 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 Bateman:
- 29.951188, -97.475308
- 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 Bateman
- 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 Bastrop County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Since Bateman is near Caldwell County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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 Bateman
Communities Also Named Bateman ...
We found three communities that are also named Bateman.
Within Texas, the name Bateman is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Saskatchewan
- This Bateman lies 1,466 miles [2,359.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bateman that is located in Bastrop County.
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bateman [Patrick County].
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- This Bateman is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bateman that is located in Bastrop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Bateman.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bateman ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clearview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Pettytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seawillow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
- String Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
How Far From Bateman 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 Bateman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bateman and extending to:
- Bastrop, which is the Seat of Bastrop County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bateman to Bastrop, with an average speed<4> 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,887 miles [12,692.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bateman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Bateman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bateman 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 Bateman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9512, Longitude: -97.4753 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.991 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.229 degrees. |
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