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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 Beatty Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beatty Place 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 Beatty Place:
- 30.369328, -103.335732
- 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 Beatty Place
- 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
- Since Beatty Place is near Pecos County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pecos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio 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 Beatty Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beatty Place ...
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.
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chancellor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chancellor is located in Pecos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Edwards Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Place
- Fourmile Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fourmile Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Crossing
- Haymond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haymond is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
- Marathon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Place
- Shoemaker Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemaker Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Place
- Youngblood Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Youngblood Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Place
How Far From Beatty Place 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 Beatty Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beatty Place and extending to:
- Alpine, which is the Seat of Brewster County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Beatty Place to Alpine, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 63 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,097 miles [13,030.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beatty Place) 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 Beatty Place 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 Beatty Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3693, Longitude: -103.3357 In this case, the coordinates for Beatty Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.084 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.104 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.833 degrees. |
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