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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 Old Davy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Davy 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 Old Davy:
- 29.083583, -97.627218
- 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 Old Davy
- 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 DeWitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeWitt County
- Since Old Davy is near Gonzales County and also Karnes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Karnes 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 Old Davy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Davy ...
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.
- Cotton Patch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Patch is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Patch
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Nixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Sample
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sample is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample
- Schoolland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schoolland is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolland
- Smiley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Old Davy 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 Old Davy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Davy and extending to:
- Cuero, which is the Seat of DeWitt County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Old Davy to Cuero, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,937 miles [12,773.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Davy) 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 Old Davy 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 Old Davy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0836, Longitude: -97.6272 In this case, the coordinates for Old Davy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.952 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.36 degrees. |
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