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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 Waverly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Waverly 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 Waverly:
- 30.529090, -95.352719
- 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 Waverly
- 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 Jacinto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Jacinto County
- Since Old Waverly is near Walker County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Waverly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Waverly ...
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.
- Coldspring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cut and Shoot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Danville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Panorama Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
- Pumpkin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin
- Snow Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Willow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Wolf Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Old Waverly 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 Waverly 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 Waverly and extending to:
- Coldspring, which is the Seat of San Jacinto County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Waverly to Coldspring, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,770 miles [12,504.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 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- Old Waverly) 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 Waverly 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 Waverly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5291, Longitude: -95.3527 In this case, the coordinates for Old Waverly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.69 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.274 degrees. |
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