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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 Ingleside Colonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Ingleside Colonia 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 Ingleside Colonia:
- 27.840304, -97.220268
- 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 Ingleside Colonia
- 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 San Patricio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio County
- Since Old Ingleside Colonia is near Aransas County and also Nueces County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aransas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces 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 Ingleside Colonia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Ingleside Colonia ...
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.
- City-by-the Sea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
- Crescent Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Center is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Center
- Flour Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Flour Bluff is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Bluff
- Gardendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gardendale is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Gregory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harbor City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
- Mustang Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mustang Beach is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Beach
- Palm Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palm Harbor is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Harbor
- Tradewinds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
How Far From Old Ingleside Colonia to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Ingleside Colonia 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 Ingleside Colonia and extending to:
- Sinton, which is the Seat of San Patricio County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Ingleside Colonia to Sinton, 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 170 miles [273.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,981 miles [12,844.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,856 miles [9,424.3 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- Old Ingleside Colonia) 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 Ingleside Colonia 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 Ingleside Colonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8403, Longitude: -97.2203 In this case, the coordinates for Old Ingleside Colonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.473 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.307 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.274 degrees. |
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