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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 Orelia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orelia 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 Orelia:
- 28.686371, -98.848360
- 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 Orelia
- 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 Frio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frio County
- Since Orelia is near Atascosa County and also McMullen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMullen 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 Orelia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orelia ...
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.
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cross is located in McMullen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Crown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Atascosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Derby
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Frio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby has also been known as:
- Derby Colonia
- Dull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dull is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
- Goldfinch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Goldfinch is located in Frio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfinch
- Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Frio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hilltop has also been known as:
- Hilltop Colonia
- Melon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melon is located in Frio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melon
- Miguel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Miguel is located in Frio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miguel
How Far From Orelia to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Orelia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Orelia and extending to:
- Pearsall, which is the Seat of Frio County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orelia to Pearsall, 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,431 miles [2,303 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,007 miles [12,886 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 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- Orelia) 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 Orelia 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 Orelia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6864, Longitude: -98.8484 In this case, the coordinates for Orelia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.904 degrees. |
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