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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 Port Aransas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas:
- 27.833973, -97.061898
- 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 Port Aransas
- 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 Nueces County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces County
- Since Port Aransas is near Aransas County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aransas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio 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 Port Aransas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Aransas ...
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.
- City-by-the Sea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
- Crescent Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent Center is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Center
- Flour Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flour Bluff is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Bluff
- Gregory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harbor City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
- Mustang Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mustang Beach is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Beach
- Palm Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Palm Harbor is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Harbor
- Rockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shell Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shell Ridge is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Ridge
- Tradewinds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
How Far From Port Aransas 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 city such as Port Aransas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Aransas and extending to:
- Corpus Christi, which is the Seat of Nueces County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Port Aransas to Corpus Christi, 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,974 miles [12,832.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port Aransas) 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 Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8340, Longitude: -97.0619 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.369 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.183 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.21 degrees. |
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