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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 Round Mott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round Mott 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 Round Mott:
- 29.229140, -96.459413
- 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 Round Mott
- 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 Wharton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wharton County
- Since Round Mott is near Colorado County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colorado County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Round Mott
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Mott ...
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.
- Egypt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Grove is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Jones Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Creek is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Louise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Plainview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Provident City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Provident City is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
- Speaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Round Mott 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 Round Mott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Round Mott and extending to:
- Wharton, which is the Seat of Wharton County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Round Mott to Wharton, 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 105 miles [169 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,880 miles [12,681.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Round Mott) 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 Round Mott 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 Round Mott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2291, Longitude: -96.4594 In this case, the coordinates for Round Mott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.212 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.177 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.858 degrees. |
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