Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Falcon Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falcon Shores and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Falcon Shores

• 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 Falcon Shores:
  • 26.895872, -99.253370
  • 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 Falcon Shores

• 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 Zapata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata County
  • Since Falcon Shores is near Jim Hogg County and also Starr County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Hogg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Starr 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 Falcon Shores

Communities Also Named Falcon Shores ...

We found one communities that are also named Falcon Shores.

Within Texas, the name Falcon Shores is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Falcon Shores in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Cobb County
    • This Falcon Shores is located in Cobb County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Falcon Shores that is located in Zapata County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Falcon Shores.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Falcon Shores ...

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.

• Falcon
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Falcon is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
• Falcon Heights
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Falcon Heights is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Heights <2>
• Falcon Lake
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Falcon Lake is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake
• Falcon Mesa
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
• Falcon Village
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Falcon Village is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
• Four Seasons
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Four Seasons is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
  • Four Seasons has also been known as:
  • Four Seasons Colonia
• New Falcon
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • New Falcon is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
  • New Falcon has also been known as:
  • New Falcon Colonia
• Siesta Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores

How Far From Falcon Shores 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 Falcon Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falcon Shores and extending to:

• Zapata, which is the Seat of Zapata County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Falcon Shores 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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,114 miles [13,058.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'