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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 Medina Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Medina Highlands 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 Medina Highlands:
- 29.568007, -98.957253
- 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 Medina Highlands
- 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 Bandera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bandera County
- Since Lake Medina Highlands is near Medina County and also Bexar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar 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 Medina Highlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Medina Highlands ...
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.
- Castroville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cross Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
- English Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- English Crossing is located in Bandera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Crossing
- Grey Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
- Highland Waters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Waters is located in Bandera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Waters
- Hondo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Fountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Fountain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
- Pipe Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scenic Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
How Far From Lake Medina Highlands 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 Medina Highlands 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 Medina Highlands and extending to:
- Bandera, which is the Seat of Bandera County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Medina Highlands to Bandera, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,967 miles [12,821.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Medina Highlands) 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 Medina Highlands 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 Medina Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5680, Longitude: -98.9573 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Medina Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.917 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.236 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.897 degrees. |
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