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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 Rosita Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosita Valley 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 Rosita Valley:
- 28.618313, -100.429241
- 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 Rosita Valley
- 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 Maverick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maverick County
- Since Rosita Valley is near Zavala County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Zavala 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 Rosita Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosita Valley ...
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.
- Darling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Darling is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling
- Eagle Pass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elm Creek is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
- Normandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Radar Base
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Radar Base is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radar Base
How Far From Rosita Valley 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 Rosita Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rosita Valley and extending to:
- Eagle Pass, which is the Seat of Maverick County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Rosita Valley to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,512 miles [2,433.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,076 miles [12,997.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,953 miles [9,580.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rosita Valley) 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 Rosita Valley 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 Rosita Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6183, Longitude: -100.4292 In this case, the coordinates for Rosita Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.747 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.105 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.591 degrees. |
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