Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Los Alvarez, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Alvarez and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Los Alvarez

• 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 Los Alvarez:
  • 26.389509, -98.901139
  • 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 Los Alvarez

• 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 Starr County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Starr County
  • Since Los Alvarez is near Zapata County and also Hidalgo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo 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 Los Alvarez

Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Alvarez ...

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.

• Airport Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Airport Heights is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Heights
• Evergreen
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Evergreen has also been known as:
  • Evergreen Colonia
• Hackberry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hackberry is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
  • Hackberry has also been known as:
  • Hackberry Colonia
• Hilltop
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hilltop is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hilltop has also been known as:
  • Hilltop Colonia
• Joseph Griggs Colonia
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Joseph Griggs Colonia is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Griggs Colonia
• Margarita
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Margarita is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarita
  • Margarita has also been known as:
  • Margarita Colonia
• Mitchell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mitchell is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell has also been known as:
  • Mitchell Colonia
• Salmon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Salmon is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
  • Salmon has also been known as:
  • Salmon Colonia
• Sammy Martinez
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sammy Martinez is located in Starr County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammy Martinez
  • Sammy Martinez has also been known as:
  • Sammy Martinez Colonia

How Far From Los Alvarez 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 Los Alvarez to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Los Alvarez and extending to:

• Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies just to the East.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Los Alvarez to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,530 miles [2,462.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,125 miles [13,075.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'