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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 Bounce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bounce 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 Bounce:
- 31.952624, -102.159583
- 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 Bounce
- 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 Midland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Midland County
- Since Bounce is near Ector County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ector County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Bounce
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bounce ...
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.
- Arcade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade is located in Ector County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Chub
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chub is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub
- Corner Windmill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Corner Windmill is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Cotton Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cotton Flat is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Flat
- Gardendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Midland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pleasant Farms
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Farms is located in Ector County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farms
- Tarzan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Bounce 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 Bounce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bounce and extending to:
- Midland, which is the Seat of Midland County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bounce to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,968 miles [12,823.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,856 miles [9,424.3 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- Bounce) 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 Bounce 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 Bounce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9526, Longitude: -102.1596 In this case, the coordinates for Bounce have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.51 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.604 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.20 degrees. |
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