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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 Heritage Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Acres and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Heritage Acres:
    • 27.935296, -97.906389
    • 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 Heritage Acres
  • 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 Jim Wells County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Wells County
    • Since Heritage Acres is near Nueces County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio 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 Heritage Acres

Communities Also Named Heritage Acres ...

We found three communities that are also named Heritage Acres.

Within Texas, the name Heritage Acres is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Heritage Acres is located in Bibb County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Heritage Acres that is located in Jim Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Heritage Acres.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Acres that is located in Jim Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Heritage Acres.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Heritage Acres is located in Roanoke City and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Acres that is located in Jim Wells County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Heritage Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Acres ...

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.

  • Bluntzer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
  • Casa Blanca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
  • Johns Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Johns Valley is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Valley
    • Johns Valley has also been known as:
    • Johns Valley Colonia
  • Lake City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
  • Orange Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Owl Ranch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Owl Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch
  • Peace Valley Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Peace Valley Harbor is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley Harbor
  • Sandy Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sandy Bluff is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bluff
    • Sandy Bluff has also been known as:
    • Sandy Bluff Colonia

How Far From Heritage Acres 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 Heritage Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Acres and extending to:

  • Alice, which is the Seat of Jim Wells County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Acres to Alice, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,415 miles [2,277.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,006 miles [12,884.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Heritage Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Heritage Acres 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 Heritage Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9353, Longitude: -97.9064       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.938 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.869 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.551 degrees.