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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 Jacinto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Jacinto 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 Jacinto:
- 30.622142, -95.721058
- 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 Jacinto
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since San Jacinto is near Grimes County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grimes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Jacinto
Communities Also Named San Jacinto ...
We found six communities that are also named San Jacinto.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named San Jacinto.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Harris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of San Jacinto [Harris County].
- Potter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of San Jacinto [Potter County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This San Jacinto is located in Riverside County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the San Jacinto that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of San Jacinto.
- San Diego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of San Jacinto [San Diego County].
- Indiana
- Jennings County
- This San Jacinto is located in Jennings County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the San Jacinto that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of San Jacinto.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This San Jacinto is located in Elko County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the San Jacinto that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of San Jacinto.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Jacinto ...
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.
- Bath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Blackberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackberry is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Cotton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Danville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mossy Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mossy Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove
- Peel Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Peel Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peel Junction
- Pine Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Prairie is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
- Richards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From San Jacinto 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 Jacinto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Jacinto and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from San Jacinto to Huntsville, with an average speed<4> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,781 miles [12,522.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jacinto 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Jacinto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jacinto 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 Jacinto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6221, Longitude: -95.7211 In this case, the coordinates for San Jacinto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.942 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.038 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.42 degrees. |
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