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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 Mereta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mereta 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 Mereta:
- 31.457106, -100.140916
- 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 Mereta
- 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 Tom Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tom Green County
- Since Mereta is near Concho County and also Runnels County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Concho County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Runnels 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 Mereta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mereta ...
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.
- Eden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Harriet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harriet is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
- Live Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak is located in Concho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Miles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pecan Mott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
- Seventeen Mile Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sixmile Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
- Sixteen Mile Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
How Far From Mereta 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 Mereta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mereta and extending to:
- San Angelo, which is the Seat of Tom Green County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mereta to San Angelo, 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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 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 5,799 miles [9,332.6 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- Mereta) 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 Mereta 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 Mereta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4571, Longitude: -100.1409 In this case, the coordinates for Mereta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.024 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.295 degrees. |
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