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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 San Angelo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Angelo 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 San Angelo:
- 31.463875, -100.437292
- 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 San Angelo
- 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 Tom Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tom Green County
- Since San Angelo is near Coke County and also Runnels County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Runnels 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 San Angelo
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Angelo ...
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.
- Grape Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Harriet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harriet is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
- Knickerbocker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Mott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
- Seventeen Mile Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sixmile Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
- Sixteen Mile Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
How Far From San Angelo 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 city such as San Angelo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Angelo and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from San Angelo 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full 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 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,929 miles [12,760.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,811 miles [9,351.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Angelo) 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 San Angelo 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 San Angelo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4639, Longitude: -100.4373 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.23 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.43 degrees. |
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