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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 Fashing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fashing 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 Fashing:
- 28.791991, -98.139632
- 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 Fashing
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
- Since Fashing is near Karnes County and also Live Oak County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Karnes County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fashing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fashing ...
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.
- Falls City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Green is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Mayo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Mays Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Crossing is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossing
- Nell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nell is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nell
- Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Peggy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Three Oaks ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Fashing 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 Fashing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fashing and extending to:
- Jourdanton, which is the Seat of Atascosa County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fashing to Jourdanton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,973 miles [12,831.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fashing) 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 Fashing 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 Fashing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7920, Longitude: -98.1396 In this case, the coordinates for Fashing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.241 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.337 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.596 degrees. |
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