Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beeville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beeville
- 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 Beeville:
- 28.401177, -97.748885
- 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 Beeville
- 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 Bee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bee County
- Since Beeville is near Live Oak County and also Goliad County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Live Oak County
- eBird sighting report for Goliad 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Beeville ...
We found one communities that share the name Beeville.
Within Texas, the name Beeville is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Beeville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beeville ...
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.
- Blue Berry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Berry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
- Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
- Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Hideaway Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hideaway Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hill
- Hideaway Hill is located in Live Oak County
- Ike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Mineral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Mineral is located in Bee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <3>
- Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Orangedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
- Orangedale is located in Bee County
- Peace Valley Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peace Valley Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley Harbor
- Peace Valley Harbor is located in Live Oak County
- Skidmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skidmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Skidmore is located in Bee County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skidmore <3>
How Far From Beeville 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 city such as Beeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Beeville and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 128 miles [206 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Beeville to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,252 miles [11,671 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,976 miles [12,836.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,851 miles [9,416.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Beeville 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4012, Longitude: -97.7489 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Beeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.916 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.903 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.457 degrees. |