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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 Cherry Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Mountain 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 Cherry Mountain:
- 30.382696, -98.923377
- 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 Cherry Mountain
- 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 Gillespie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gillespie County
- Since Cherry Mountain is near Llano County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Llano County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Cherry Mountain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Mountain ...
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.
- Cherry Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Spring is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Spring
- Crabapple ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crabapple is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
- Fredericksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Loyal Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
- Prairie Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie Mountain is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Mountain
- Rocky Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Willow City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Cherry Mountain 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 Cherry Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cherry Mountain and extending to:
- Fredericksburg, which is the Seat of Gillespie County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Mountain 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,925 miles [12,754.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,803 miles [9,339 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- Cherry Mountain) 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 Cherry Mountain 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 Cherry Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3827, Longitude: -98.9234 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.026 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.467 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.826 degrees. |
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