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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 Big Thicket Loblolly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Thicket Loblolly 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 Big Thicket Loblolly:
- 30.286321, -94.675200
- 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 Big Thicket Loblolly
- 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since Big Thicket Loblolly is near Hardin County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Big Thicket Loblolly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Thicket Loblolly ...
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.
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Ducat Settlement
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ducat Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Settlement
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Grand Cane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Cane is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Cane
- Hull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jacob Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jacob Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Settlement
- Rattlesnake Bead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rattlesnake Bead is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Bead
- Sam Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sam Houston is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Houston
- Tanner Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tanner Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Settlement
- Thicket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Big Thicket Loblolly 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 Big Thicket Loblolly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Big Thicket Loblolly and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Big Thicket Loblolly to Liberty, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,753 miles [12,477.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 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 '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- Big Thicket Loblolly) 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 Big Thicket Loblolly 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 Big Thicket Loblolly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2863, Longitude: -94.6752 In this case, the coordinates for Big Thicket Loblolly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.22 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.146 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.016 degrees. |
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