Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hills Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hills Prairie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hills Prairie

• 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 Hills Prairie:
  • 30.051608, -97.291936
  • 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 Hills Prairie

• 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 Bastrop County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
  • Since Hills Prairie is near Fayette County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Hills Prairie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hills Prairie ...

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 Creek
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Creek <1>
• Clearview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Clearview is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
• Colorado
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Colorado is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
• Elysium
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elysium is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysium
• Flower Hill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
• Grassyville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grassyville is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassyville
• Jordan
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jordan is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
• Pettytown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
• Red Rock
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Rock is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Rock <1>
• String Prairie
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie

How Far From Hills Prairie 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 Hills Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hills Prairie and extending to:

• Bastrop, which is the Seat of Bastrop County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Hills Prairie to Austin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,300 miles [2,092.1 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 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 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,875 miles [12,673.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'