Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pastura, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pastura and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pastura

• 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 Pastura:
  • 32.960384, -100.019544
  • 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 Pastura

• 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
  • Since Pastura is near Stonewall County and also Fisher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stonewall County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fisher 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 Pastura

Communities Also Named Pastura ...

We found one communities that are also named Pastura.

Within Texas, the name Pastura is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Pastura in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New Mexico
    • Guadalupe County
    • This Pastura is located in Guadalupe County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pastura that is located in Jones County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Pastura.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pastura ...

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.

• Flat Top
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
• Paint Creek
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Paint Creek is located in Haskell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
• Pinkerton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinkerton is located in Haskell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton
• Plainview
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainview is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Pledger
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pledger is located in Fisher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
• Radium
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Radium is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
• Red Bluff Crossing
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Red Bluff Crossing is located in Stonewall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
• Rule
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rule is located in Haskell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <2>
• Tuxedo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuxedo is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo

How Far From Pastura 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 Pastura to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pastura and extending to:

• Anson, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pastura to Anson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 229 miles [368.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,344 miles [2,163 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,835 miles [12,609.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'