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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 Frige Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frige Settlement 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 Frige Settlement:
- 30.112714, -94.716866
- 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 Frige Settlement
- 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since Frige Settlement is near Hardin County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Frige Settlement
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frige Settlement ...
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.
- Cow Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cow Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
- Ducat Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ducat Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Settlement
- Hull
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jacob Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Settlement
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Strain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Strain is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Tanner Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tanner Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Settlement
How Far From Frige Settlement 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 Frige Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frige Settlement and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Frige Settlement to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,763 miles [12,493.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,638 miles [9,073.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frige Settlement) 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 Frige Settlement 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 Frige Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1127, Longitude: -94.7169 In this case, the coordinates for Frige Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.223 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.126 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.052 degrees. |
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