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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 Beauxart Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beauxart Gardens 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 Beauxart Gardens:
- 29.960770, -94.034898
- 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 Beauxart Gardens
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Beauxart Gardens is near Orange County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Beauxart Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beauxart Gardens ...
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.
- Cheek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cheek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheek
- Groves
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hebert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hebert is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lucas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Nederland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pear Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pear Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Ridge
- Rose City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rose City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Sunnyside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Terry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terry is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Beauxart Gardens 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 Beauxart Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beauxart Gardens and extending to:
- Beaumont, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beauxart Gardens to Beaumont, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,741 miles [12,457.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beauxart Gardens) 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 Beauxart Gardens 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 Beauxart Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9608, Longitude: -94.0349 In this case, the coordinates for Beauxart Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.768 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.573 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.788 degrees. |
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