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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 Pettytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pettytown 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 Pettytown:
- 29.906394, -97.460834
- 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 Pettytown
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Pettytown is near Bastrop County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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 Pettytown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pettytown ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clearview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Seawillow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
- String Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
How Far From Pettytown 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 Pettytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pettytown and extending to:
- Lockhart, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pettytown to Lockhart, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,889 miles [12,696.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pettytown) 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 Pettytown 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 Pettytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9064, Longitude: -97.4608 In this case, the coordinates for Pettytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.975 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.163 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.226 degrees. |
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