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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 Rancho Banquete, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rancho Banquete 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 Rancho Banquete:
- 27.810024, -97.833609
- 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 Rancho Banquete
- 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 Rancho Banquete is near Jim Wells County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Wells 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 Rancho Banquete
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rancho Banquete ...
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.
- Alice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bluntzer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- Casa Blanca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Heritage Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Heritage Acres has also been known as:
- Heritage Acres Colonia
- Johns Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johns Valley is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Valley
- Johns Valley has also been known as:
- Johns Valley Colonia
- Meadow Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Meadow Ridge has also been known as:
- Meadow Ridge Colonia
- Orange Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Bluff is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bluff
- Sandy Bluff has also been known as:
- Sandy Bluff Colonia
- Violet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Violet is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Rancho Banquete 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 Rancho Banquete to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rancho Banquete and extending to:
- Corpus Christi, which is the Seat of Nueces County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Rancho Banquete to Corpus Christi, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 169 miles [272 km] to the north (N). 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 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,009 miles [12,889.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rancho Banquete) 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 Rancho Banquete 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 Rancho Banquete. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8100, Longitude: -97.8336 In this case, the coordinates for Rancho Banquete have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.529 degrees. |
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