Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Casa Piedra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casa Piedra and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Casa Piedra
- 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 Casa Piedra:
- 29.7385099, -104.0540851
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Casa Piedra
- 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 Presidio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Presidio County
- Since Casa Piedra is near Brewster County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Brewster 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Casa Piedra ...
We found one communities that share the name Casa Piedra.
Within Texas, the name Casa Piedra is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Casa Piedra in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- This Casa Piedra is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Casa Piedra that is located in Presidio County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Casa Piedra.
- Arizona
How Far From Casa Piedra to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Casa Piedra to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Casa Piedra once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Casa Piedra and extending to:
- Marfa, which is the Seat of Presidio County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Casa Piedra to Marfa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 95 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,158 miles [13,129 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Casa Piedra) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Casa Piedra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7385, Longitude: -104.0541 In this case, the coordinates for Casa Piedra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Casa Piedra, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Casa Piedra to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.486 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.511 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.191 degrees. |