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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 Rough Creek Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rough Creek Crossing 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 Rough Creek Crossing:
- 31.130169, -98.545038
- 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 Rough Creek Crossing
- 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 San Saba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Saba County
- Since Rough Creek Crossing is near Lampasas County and also Mills County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lampasas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mills 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 Rough Creek Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rough Creek Crossing ...
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.
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Cherokee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- China Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- China Creek is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Creek
- Double Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Double Ford is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ford
- Hicks Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Crossing is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
- High Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- High Valley is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- Nix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Pleasant Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Red Bluff Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Crossing
How Far From Rough Creek Crossing 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 Rough Creek Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rough Creek Crossing and extending to:
- San Saba, which is the Seat of San Saba County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rough Creek Crossing to San Saba, 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,871 miles [12,667.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 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 '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- Rough Creek Crossing) 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 Rough Creek Crossing 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 Rough Creek Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1302, Longitude: -98.5450 In this case, the coordinates for Rough Creek Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.886 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.394 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.60 degrees. |
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