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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 Hays City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hays City 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 Hays City:
- 30.047435, -97.988341
- 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 Hays City
- 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 Hays County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hays County
- Since Hays City is near Travis County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Hays City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hays City ...
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.
- Cedar Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Driftwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dripping Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flatrock Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Ford Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Oaks is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Oaks
- Hays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Mountain City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Onion Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Pioneer Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Shady Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
How Far From Hays City 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 Hays City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hays City and extending to:
- San Marcos, which is the Seat of Hays County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hays City to San Marcos, 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,904 miles [12,720.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,780 miles [9,302 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hays City) 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 Hays City 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 Hays City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0474, Longitude: -97.9883 In this case, the coordinates for Hays City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.347 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.442 degrees. |
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