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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 McFaddin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McFaddin 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 McFaddin:
- 28.552079, -97.011196
- 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 McFaddin
- 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 Victoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Victoria County
- Since McFaddin is near Refugio County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 McFaddin
Curious and Interesting Names Near McFaddin ...
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.
- Clark Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
- Green Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Guadalupe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Raisin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
- Seadrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Spanish Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
How Far From McFaddin to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McFaddin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McFaddin and extending to:
- Victoria, which is the Seat of Victoria County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McFaddin to Victoria, 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 126 miles [202.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,937 miles [12,773.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 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 from Point A (ie- McFaddin) 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 McFaddin 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 McFaddin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5521, Longitude: -97.0112 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.46 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.382 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.14 degrees. |
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