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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 Doc Brown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doc Brown 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 Doc Brown:
- 30.084655, -93.766278
- 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 Doc Brown
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Doc Brown is near Calcasieu Parish and also Cameron Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron Parish
- 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 Doc Brown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doc Brown ...
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.
- Bland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Francis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Francis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Gratis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gratis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratis
- Little Cypress
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Cypress is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Orange
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orangefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
How Far From Doc Brown 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 Doc Brown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doc Brown and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Doc Brown to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,723 miles [12,429 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,599 miles [9,010.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doc Brown) 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 Doc Brown 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 Doc Brown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0847, Longitude: -93.7663 In this case, the coordinates for Doc Brown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.41 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.665 degrees. |
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