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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 Pasche, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pasche 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 Pasche:
- 31.216555, -99.686734
- 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 Pasche
- 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 Concho County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Concho County
- Since Pasche is near McCulloch County and also Menard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCulloch County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menard 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 Pasche
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pasche ...
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.
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Homer Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Homer Junction is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Junction
- Live Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Live Oak is located in Concho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Marco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marco is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Melvin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pear Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Gap ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Gap is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Gap
- Stacy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stacy is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
How Far From Pasche 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 Pasche to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pasche and extending to:
- Paint Rock, which is the Seat of Concho County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pasche to Paint Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,912 miles [12,733.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 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- Pasche) 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 Pasche 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 Pasche. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2166, Longitude: -99.6867 In this case, the coordinates for Pasche have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.338 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.106 degrees. |
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