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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 Flour Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flour Bluff 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 Flour Bluff:
- 27.673923, -97.278879
- 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 Flour Bluff
- 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 Nueces County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces County
- Since Flour Bluff is near San Patricio County and also Kleberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kleberg 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 Flour Bluff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flour Bluff ...
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.
- City-by-the Sea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
- Crescent Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crescent Center is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Center
- Flour Bluff Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flour Bluff Junction is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Bluff Junction
- Gardendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gardendale is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Gregory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
- Mustang Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mustang Beach is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Beach
- Tradewinds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- Violet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Violet is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Flour Bluff 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 Flour Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flour Bluff and extending to:
- Corpus Christi, which is the Seat of Nueces County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Flour Bluff to Corpus Christi, with an average speed<3> 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 181 miles [291.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,396 miles [2,246.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,992 miles [12,861.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,867 miles [9,442 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Flour Bluff) 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 Flour Bluff 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 Flour Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.6739, Longitude: -97.2789 In this case, the coordinates for Flour Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.309 degrees. |
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