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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 Niederwald, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Niederwald 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 Niederwald:
- 30.009132, -97.728889
- 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 Niederwald
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Niederwald 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 Niederwald
Communities Also Named Niederwald ...
We found one communities that are also named Niederwald.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Niederwald.
Beyond Texas.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Hays County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hays County community of Niederwald.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Niederwald ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flatrock Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Maxwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mendoza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Mustang Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Onion Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Pilot Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reedville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Niederwald 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 town such as Niederwald to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Niederwald and extending to:
- Lockhart, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Niederwald to Lockhart, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Niederwald) 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 Niederwald 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 Niederwald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0091, Longitude: -97.7289 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.168 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.405 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.333 degrees. |
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