Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Christine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Christine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Christine
- 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 Christine:
- 28.789111, -98.497529
- 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 Christine
- 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 Atascosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
- Since Christine is near McMullen County and also Live Oak County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McMullen County
- eBird sighting report for Live Oak 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 Christine ...
We found three communities that share the name Christine.
Within Texas, the name Christine is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kentucky
- North Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Christine ...
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.
- Anchorage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Charlotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Charlotte is located in Atascosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,909 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <4>
- Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Crown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Goldfinch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Miguel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Peggy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peggy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peggy
- Peggy is located in Atascosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peggy <4>
- Three Oaks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
How Far From Christine 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 town such as Christine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Christine and extending to:
- Jourdanton, which is the Seat of Atascosa County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Christine to Jourdanton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,988 miles [12,855.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Christine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Christine could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Christine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Christine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7891, Longitude: -98.4975 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Christine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.477 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.617 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.748 degrees. |