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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 Golden Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach:
- 30.801012, -98.471421
- 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 Golden Beach
- 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 Llano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Llano County
- Since Golden Beach is near Burnet County and also San Saba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burnet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Saba 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 Golden Beach
Communities Also Named Golden Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Golden Beach.
Within Texas, the name Golden Beach is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- This Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Golden Beach that is located in Llano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Golden Beach.
- Sarasota County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Golden Beach [Sarasota County].
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Golden Beach that is located in Llano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Golden Beach.
- Ontario
- This Golden Beach lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Golden Beach that is located in Llano County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Beach ...
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.
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Cherokee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Click ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Click is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
- Cottonwood Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- High Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- High Valley is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- Horseshoe Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kingsland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Victor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Victor is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Victor
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lone Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Grove is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
- Marble Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowlakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Silver Creek Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
- Sunrise Beach Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Golden Beach and extending to:
- Llano, which is the Seat of Llano County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Beach to Llano, with an average speed<4> 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,885 miles [12,689.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Golden Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Golden Beach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8010, Longitude: -98.4714 In this case, the coordinates for Golden Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.787 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.236 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.594 degrees. |
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