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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 Linda Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Linda Vista 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 Linda Vista:
- 26.882261, -99.279759
- 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 Linda Vista
- 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 Zapata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata County
- Since Linda Vista is near Starr County and also Jim Hogg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Starr County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Hogg 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 Linda Vista
Communities Also Named Linda Vista ...
We found six communities that are also named Linda Vista.
Within Texas, the name Linda Vista is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Linda Vista is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Linda Vista that is located in Zapata County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Linda Vista.
- San Diego County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Linda Vista [San Diego County].
- Santa Clara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Linda Vista [Santa Clara County].
- New Mexico
- Chaves County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Linda Vista [Chaves County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Linda Vista is located in Davis County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Linda Vista that is located in Zapata County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Linda Vista.
- Weber County
- This Linda Vista is located in Weber County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the north northwest of the Linda Vista that is located in Zapata County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Linda Vista.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Linda Vista ...
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.
- Falcon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Falcon Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Falcon Lake is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake
- Falcon Mesa
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
- Falcon Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Falcon Shores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
- Falcon Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Village is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
- Four Seasons
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons has also been known as:
- Four Seasons Colonia
- New Falcon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Falcon is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
- New Falcon has also been known as:
- New Falcon Colonia
- Siesta Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
How Far From Linda Vista 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 Linda Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Linda Vista and extending to:
- Zapata, which is the Seat of Zapata County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Linda Vista to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,392 miles [11,896.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,116 miles [13,061.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Linda Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Linda Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Linda Vista 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Linda Vista 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 Linda Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.8823, Longitude: -99.2798 In this case, the coordinates for Linda Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.578 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.174 degrees. |
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