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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 La Pryor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Pryor 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 La Pryor:
- 28.941081, -99.849780
- 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 La Pryor
- 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 Zavala County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Zavala County
- Since La Pryor is near Uvalde County and also Dimmit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uvalde County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dimmit 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 La Pryor
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Pryor ...
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.
- Bushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bushy Creek is located in Zavala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Creek
- Bushy Creek has also been known as:
- Bushy Creek Colonia
- Crystal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Popeye Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Popeye Lake is located in Zavala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeye Lake
- Popeye Lake has also been known as:
- Popeye Lake Colonia
- River Spur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- River Spur is located in Zavala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Spur
- Winter Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winter Haven is located in Dimmit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Haven
How Far From La Pryor 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 La Pryor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in La Pryor and extending to:
- Crystal City, which is the Seat of Zavala County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from La Pryor to Crystal City, 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,304 miles [11,754.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,036 miles [12,932.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- La Pryor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 La Pryor 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 La Pryor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9411, Longitude: -99.8498 In this case, the coordinates for La Pryor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.411 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.745 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.322 degrees. |
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