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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 Ramireno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramireno 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 Ramireno:
- 27.006978, -99.384761
- 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 Ramireno
- 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 Zapata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata County
- Since Ramireno is near Webb County and also Jim Hogg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Hogg 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 Ramireno
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramireno ...
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.
- Dolores
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dolores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Dolores has also been known as:
- Dolores Colonia
- Falcon Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Lake is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake
- Falcon Mesa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
- Falcon Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Shores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
- Four Seasons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Four Seasons is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons has also been known as:
- Four Seasons Colonia
- Siesta Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
How Far From Ramireno 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 Ramireno to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ramireno and extending to:
- Zapata, which is the Seat of Zapata County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ramireno to Zapata, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,390 miles [11,893.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,114 miles [13,058.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ramireno) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ramireno 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 Ramireno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.0070, Longitude: -99.3848 In this case, the coordinates for Ramireno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.741 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.213 degrees. |
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