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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 Blanconia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanconia 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 Blanconia:
- 28.390402, -97.411174
- 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 Blanconia
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bee County
- Since Blanconia is near Goliad County and also Refugio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goliad County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio 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 Blanconia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanconia ...
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.
- Angel City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Angel City is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Beeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blue Berry Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
- Bonnie View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnie View is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
- Holiday Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Beach is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Orangedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Orangedale is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
- Raisin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
- Skidmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sodville is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodville
- Tradewinds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
How Far From Blanconia 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 Blanconia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blanconia and extending to:
- Beeville, which is the Seat of Bee County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Blanconia to Beeville, 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 most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north (N). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,372 miles [2,208 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,962 miles [12,813.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanconia) 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 Blanconia 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 Blanconia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.3904, Longitude: -97.4112 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.317 degrees. |
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