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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 Lake Brownwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Brownwood 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 Lake Brownwood:
- 31.835705, -99.007831
- 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 Lake Brownwood
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Lake Brownwood is near Coleman County and also Comanche County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche 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 Lake Brownwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Brownwood ...
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.
- Bangs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Delaware Junction is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
- Early
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fry ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Holder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holder is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
- Lake Shore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Shore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- May
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
- Thrifty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thrifty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
How Far From Lake Brownwood 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 Lake Brownwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Brownwood and extending to:
- Brownwood, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Brownwood 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,854 miles [12,639.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,734 miles [9,228 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 '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- Lake Brownwood) 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 Lake Brownwood 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 Lake Brownwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8357, Longitude: -99.0078 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Brownwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.304 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.749 degrees. |
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