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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 Camp Wood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Wood 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 Camp Wood:
- 29.669457, -100.012469
- 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 Camp Wood
- 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 Real County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Real County
- Since Camp Wood is near Edwards County and also Uvalde County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edwards County
- 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 Camp Wood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Wood ...
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.
- First Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- First Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Hackberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hackberry is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Happy Hollow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Happy Hollow is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Leakey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek Place is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Place
- Rocksprings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Second Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Second Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Third Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Camp Wood 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 city such as Camp Wood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Camp Wood and extending to:
- Leakey, which is the Seat of Real County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Wood to Leakey, 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 four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,270 miles [11,699.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,005 miles [12,882.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,883 miles [9,467.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Camp Wood) 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 Camp Wood 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 Camp Wood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6695, Longitude: -100.0125 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.648 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.116 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.353 degrees. |
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