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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 Sand Flats, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Flats 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 Sand Flats:
- 31.548231, -95.811347
- 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 Sand Flats
- 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
- Since Sand Flats is near Freestone County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Freestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Sand Flats
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Flats ...
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.
- Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Butler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Elkhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hopewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Long Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Plum Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plum Creek is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek
- Red Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lake is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Tucker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
How Far From Sand Flats 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 Sand Flats to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sand Flats and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sand Flats to Centerville, 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Flats) 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 Sand Flats 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 Sand Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5482, Longitude: -95.8113 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Flats have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.128 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.376 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.361 degrees. |
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