Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Carlos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Carlos and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for San Carlos
- 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 Carlos:
- 26.679499, -98.853639
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on San Carlos
- 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 Starr County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Starr County
- Since San Carlos is near Jim Hogg County and also Zapata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jim Hogg County
- eBird sighting report for Zapata 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named San Carlos ...
We found ten communities that share the name San Carlos.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named San Carlos.
Beyond Texas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Hidalgo County
- This San Carlos is located in Hidalgo County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the San Carlos that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of San Carlos.
- Hidalgo County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Gila County
- This San Carlos is located in Gila County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the San Carlos that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of San Carlos.
- Maricopa County
- This San Carlos is located in Maricopa County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km] to the northwest of the San Carlos that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of San Carlos.
- California
- Inyo County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of San Carlos [Inyo County].
- San Diego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of San Carlos [San Diego County].
- San Mateo County
- This San Carlos is located in San Mateo County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the San Carlos that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of San Carlos.
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of San Carlos [Pueblo County].
- Florida
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of San Carlos [Lee County].
- Suwannee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of San Carlos [Suwannee County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of San Carlos.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Carlos ...
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.
- Airport Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Heights
- Airport Heights is located in Starr County
- Evergreen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Falcon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Falcon Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
- Falcon Heights is located in Starr County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Heights <5>
- Falcon Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
- Falcon Village is located in Starr County
- Hackberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Joseph Griggs Colonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph Griggs Colonia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Griggs Colonia
- Joseph Griggs Colonia is located in Starr County
- Margarita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Mitchell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - New Falcon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
- New Falcon is located in Zapata County
- New Falcon has also been known as:
- New Falcon Colonia
- Salmon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Sammy Martinez
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sammy Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammy Martinez
- Sammy Martinez is located in Starr County
- Sammy Martinez has also been known as:
- Sammy Martinez Colonia
How Far From San Carlos to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as San Carlos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Carlos and extending to:
- Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from San Carlos to Rio Grande City, with an average speed<6> 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 256 miles [412 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,515 miles [2,438.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,386 miles [11,886.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,108 miles [13,048.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,984 miles [9,630.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Carlos. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- San Carlos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Carlos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6795, Longitude: -98.8536 In this case, the coordinates for San Carlos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about San Carlos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that San Carlos could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Carlos to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.326 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.17 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.006 degrees. |