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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 Placedo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Placedo 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 Placedo:
- 28.691383, -96.828039
- 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 Placedo
- 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 Victoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Victoria County
- Since Placedo is near Calhoun County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Placedo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Placedo ...
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.
- Clark Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
- Green Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Guadalupe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Inez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Raisin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
- Sixmile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
How Far From Placedo 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 Placedo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Placedo and extending to:
- Victoria, which is the Seat of Victoria County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Placedo to Victoria, 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 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,922 miles [12,749.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,798 miles [9,331 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Placedo) 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 Placedo 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 Placedo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6914, Longitude: -96.8280 In this case, the coordinates for Placedo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.364 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.054 degrees. |
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