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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 Holiday Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday 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 Holiday Beach:
- 28.168899, -97.010268
- 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 Holiday 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 Aransas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aransas County
- Since Holiday Beach is near Refugio County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio 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 Holiday Beach
Communities Also Named Holiday Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Holiday Beach.
Within Texas, the name Holiday Beach is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Knox County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Knox County and lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holiday Beach that is located in Aransas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Holiday Beach.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Calvert County and lies 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holiday Beach that is located in Aransas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Holiday Beach.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Holiday Beach that is located in Aransas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Holiday Beach.
- Oregon
- Lincoln County
- This Holiday Beach is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Holiday Beach that is located in Aransas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Holiday Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday 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.
- Bonnie View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bonnie View is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
- City-by-the Sea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
- Gregory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mustang Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mustang Beach is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Beach
- Palm Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Palm Harbor is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Harbor
- Rockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seadrift
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shell Ridge is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Ridge
- Spanish Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Tradewinds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
How Far From Holiday Beach 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 Holiday Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Beach and extending to:
- Rockport, which is the Seat of Aransas County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Holiday Beach to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,956 miles [12,803.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holiday Beach) 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 Holiday 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 Holiday Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1689, Longitude: -97.0103 In this case, the coordinates for Holiday Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.394 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.166 degrees. |
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