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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 Montopolis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montopolis 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 Montopolis:
- 30.243266, -97.690559
- 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 Montopolis
- 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 Travis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis County
- Since Montopolis is near Bastrop County and also Hays County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hays 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 Montopolis
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montopolis ...
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.
- Carl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Decker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decker is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Ford Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ford Oaks is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Oaks
- Greenshores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenshores is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshores
- Lost Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Pilot Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rollingwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rollingwood is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Sunset Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Forest
How Far From Montopolis 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 Montopolis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Montopolis and extending to:
- Austin, which is the Seat of Travis County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Montopolis to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 75 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,882 miles [12,684.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Montopolis) 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 Montopolis 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 Montopolis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2433, Longitude: -97.6906 In this case, the coordinates for Montopolis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.179 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.448 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.298 degrees. |
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