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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 Box Canyon Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Box Canyon Estates 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 Box Canyon Estates:
- 29.528553, -101.167881
- 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 Box Canyon Estates
- 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 Val Verde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Val Verde County
- Since Box Canyon Estates is near Uvalde County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uvalde 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 Box Canyon Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Box Canyon Estates ...
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.
- Amistad Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amistad Village is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Village
- Comstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Devils Shores
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Shores is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Shores
- Lake View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lull is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lull
- Rough Canyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rough Canyon is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Canyon
- Rough Canyon has also been known as:
- Rough Canyon Colonia
How Far From Box Canyon Estates 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 Box Canyon Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Box Canyon Estates and extending to:
- Del Rio, which is the Seat of Val Verde County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Box Canyon Estates to Del Rio, 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 6 hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 211 miles [339.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,058 miles [12,968.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 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 '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- Box Canyon Estates) 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 Box Canyon Estates 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 Box Canyon Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5286, Longitude: -101.1679 In this case, the coordinates for Box Canyon Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.416 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.013 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.876 degrees. |
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