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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 McCroskey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCroskey 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 McCroskey:
- 29.101561, -95.960547
- 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 McCroskey
- 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 Matagorda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Matagorda County
- Since McCroskey is near Wharton County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wharton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brazoria 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 McCroskey
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCroskey ...
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.
- Buckeye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Burr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burr is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Four Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Guy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lane City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Pierce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pledger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley is located in Matagorda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Wild Peach Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
How Far From McCroskey 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 McCroskey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCroskey and extending to:
- Bay City, which is the Seat of Matagorda County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from McCroskey to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,865 miles [12,657.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 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- McCroskey) 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 McCroskey 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 McCroskey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1016, Longitude: -95.9605 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.869 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.662 degrees. |
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