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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 Batesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Batesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Batesville:
    • 28.953123, -99.618727
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Batesville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Batesville ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Batesville.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Batesville.

Beyond Texas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Red River County
      • This Batesville is located in Red River County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Batesville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Batesville is located in Barbour County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Batesville.
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Batesville is located in Independence County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Batesville.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Batesville is located in Cherokee County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Batesville.
      • Habersham County
      • This Batesville is located in Habersham County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the east northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Batesville.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Batesville is located in Ripley County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Batesville.
    • Kansas
      • Woodson County
      • This Batesville is located in Woodson County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodson County community of Batesville.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Batesville is located in Aroostook County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Batesville.
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Batesville is located in Panola County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Batesville.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Batesville is located in Butler County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Batesville.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Batesville [Camden County].
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This Batesville is located in Noble County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Batesville.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Batesville is located in Greenville County and lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Batesville.
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Batesville [Tooele County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Batesville is located in Albemarle County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Batesville that is located in Zavala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Batesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Batesville ...

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.

  • Bushy Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Creek
    • Bushy Creek is located in Zavala County
    • Bushy Creek has also been known as:
    • Bushy Creek Colonia
  • Crystal City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal City
    • Crystal City is located in Zavala County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal City <5>
  • Popeye Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popeye Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeye Lake
    • Popeye Lake is located in Zavala County
    • Popeye Lake has also been known as:
    • Popeye Lake Colonia
  • River Spur
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Spur
    • River Spur is located in Zavala County
  • Winter Haven
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Haven
    • Winter Haven is located in Dimmit County

How Far From Batesville 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 Batesville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Batesville and extending to:

  • Crystal City, which is the Seat of Zavala County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Batesville to Crystal City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,459 miles [2,348 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Batesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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- Batesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Batesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9531, Longitude: -99.6187    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Batesville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Batesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Batesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.257 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.563 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.221 degrees.




 

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