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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 Victor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Victor 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 Victor:
- 30.909067, -98.193360
- 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 Victor
- 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 Burnet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burnet County
- Since Lake Victor is near Lampasas County and also Llano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lampasas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Llano 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 Victor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Victor ...
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.
- Joppa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Oatmeal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Radio Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Radio Junction is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radio Junction
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shortall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shortall is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortall
- Silver Creek Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
- Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
- Sunnylane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
How Far From Lake Victor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Victor 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 Victor and extending to:
- Burnet, which is the Seat of Burnet County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Victor to Burnet, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,869 miles [12,663.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Victor) 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 Victor 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 Victor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9091, Longitude: -98.1934 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Victor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.616 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.048 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.463 degrees. |
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