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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 Freyburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freyburg 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 Freyburg:
- 29.757321, -96.967101
- 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 Freyburg
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Freyburg is near Lavaca County and also Colorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lavaca County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colorado 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 Freyburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Freyburg ...
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.
- Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cozy Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cozy Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Joiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Plum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Valley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Valley
- Swiss Alp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swiss Alp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Alp
How Far From Freyburg to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Freyburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Freyburg and extending to:
- La Grange, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Freyburg to La Grange, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,876 miles [12,675.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Freyburg) 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 Freyburg 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 Freyburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7573, Longitude: -96.9671 In this case, the coordinates for Freyburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.626 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.733 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.028 degrees. |
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