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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 Boldtville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boldtville 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 Boldtville:
- 29.363611, -98.360809
- 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 Boldtville
- 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 Bexar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar County
- Since Boldtville is near Wilson County and also Guadalupe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guadalupe 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 Boldtville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boldtville ...
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.
- Carpenter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carpenter is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- China Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- China Grove is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,314 people
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Graytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Kirby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longhorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Longhorn is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longhorn
- Martinez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Boldtville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boldtville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boldtville and extending to:
- San Antonio, which is the Seat of Bexar County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boldtville to San Antonio, 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,953 miles [12,799.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boldtville) 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 Boldtville 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 Boldtville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3636, Longitude: -98.3608 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.484 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.653 degrees. |
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