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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 Noria Willie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Noria Willie 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 Noria Willie:
- 27.085603, -98.127227
- 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 Noria Willie
- 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 Brooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Since Noria Willie is near Jim Wells County and also Kenedy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Wells County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenedy 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 Noria Willie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Noria Willie ...
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.
- Conception
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conception is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception
- Hartland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Julian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Julian is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Victory Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Victory Place is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Place
- Victory Place has also been known as:
- Victory Place Colonia
How Far From Noria Willie 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 Noria Willie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Noria Willie and extending to:
- Falfurrias, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Noria Willie to Falfurrias, with an average speed<2> 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 220 miles [354.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,057 miles [12,966.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Noria Willie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Noria Willie 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 Noria Willie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.0856, Longitude: -98.1272 In this case, the coordinates for Noria Willie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.927 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.747 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.689 degrees. |
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