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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 Cat Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cat Spring 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 Cat Spring:
- 29.845656, -96.325863
- 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 Cat Spring
- 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 Austin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Austin County
- Since Cat Spring is near Colorado County and also Waller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colorado County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waller 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 Cat Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cat Spring ...
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.
- Beard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Industry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Peters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peters is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Post Oak Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak Point is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Point
- Raccoon Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raccoon Bend is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bend
- Rockhouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Sunny Side
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Welcome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Cat Spring 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 Cat Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cat Spring and extending to:
- Bellville, which is the Seat of Austin County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cat Spring to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,844 miles [12,623.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 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 from Point A (ie- Cat Spring) 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 Cat Spring 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 Cat Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8457, Longitude: -96.3259 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.221 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.266 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.749 degrees. |
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