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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 Jonah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jonah 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 Jonah:
- 30.637973, -97.540838
- 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 Jonah
- 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Since Jonah is near Bell County and also Travis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis 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 Jonah
Communities Also Named Jonah ...
We found two communities that are also named Jonah.
Within Texas, the name Jonah is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Washington 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 Kansas community of Jonah [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- This Jonah is located in Garfield County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the north of the Jonah that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Jonah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jonah ...
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.
- Circleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Circleville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Corn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
- Frame Switch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frame Switch is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Switch
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Corn Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Corn Hill
- Norman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Normans Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Normans Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normans Crossing
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
How Far From Jonah 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 Jonah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jonah and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies just to the West.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Jonah to Austin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 1,291 miles [2,077.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,856 miles [12,643 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Jonah 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jonah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jonah 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 Jonah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6380, Longitude: -97.5408 In this case, the coordinates for Jonah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.14 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.20 degrees. |
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