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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 Oatmeal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oatmeal 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 Oatmeal:
- 30.693043, -98.098986
- 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 Oatmeal
- 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 Burnet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burnet County
- Since Oatmeal is near Williamson County and also Travis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis 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 Oatmeal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oatmeal ...
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.
- Greens Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
- Jinks Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jinks Branch is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks Branch
- Joppa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lake Victor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Victor is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Victor
- Liberty Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marble Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowlakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Spicewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Oatmeal 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 Oatmeal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oatmeal and extending to:
- Burnet, which is the Seat of Burnet County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Oatmeal to Austin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,317 miles [2,119.5 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 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,876 miles [12,675.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 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- Oatmeal) 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 Oatmeal 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 Oatmeal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6930, Longitude: -98.0990 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.521 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.439 degrees. |
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