Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jeddo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeddo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jeddo
- 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 Jeddo:
- 29.808745, -97.315056
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jeddo
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Since Jeddo is near Gonzales County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gonzales County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Jeddo ...
We found nine communities that share the name Jeddo.
Within Texas, the name Jeddo is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jeddo [Franklin County].
- Monroe County
- This Jeddo is located in Monroe County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jeddo that is located in Bastrop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Jeddo.
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeddo ...
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.
- Cistern
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Elm Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Jordan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pettytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Red Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Red Rock is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Rock <4>
- Sandy Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Saturn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - String Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for String Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
How Far From Jeddo 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 Jeddo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jeddo and extending to:
- Bastrop, which is the Seat of Bastrop County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Jeddo to Bastrop, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,311 miles [2,109.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,888 miles [12,694.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jeddo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Jeddo 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. |
| <2> | 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- Jeddo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jeddo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8087, Longitude: -97.3151 In this case, the coordinates for Jeddo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Jeddo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.863 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.019 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.172 degrees. |