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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 Loyal Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loyal Valley 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 Loyal Valley:
- 30.575759, -99.007918
- 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 Loyal Valley
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Loyal Valley is near Gillespie County and also Llano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gillespie 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 Loyal Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loyal Valley ...
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.
- Art
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Mountain is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mountain
- Cherry Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cherry Spring is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Spring
- Crabapple ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crabapple is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
- Grossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grossville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossville
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Mountain is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Mountain
How Far From Loyal Valley 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 Loyal Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loyal Valley and extending to:
- Mason, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loyal Valley to Mason, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,918 miles [12,742.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Loyal Valley) 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 Loyal Valley 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 Loyal Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5758, Longitude: -99.0079 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.114 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.595 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.849 degrees. |
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