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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 Santa Anna, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna:
- 26.668113, -98.564465
- 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 Santa Anna
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Starr County
- Since Santa Anna is near Hidalgo County and also Jim Hogg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Hogg 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 Santa Anna
Communities Also Named Santa Anna ...
We found one communities that are also named Santa Anna.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Santa Anna.
Beyond Texas.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Coleman County
- This Santa Anna is located in Coleman County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the north of the Santa Anna that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Santa Anna.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa Anna ...
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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Heights is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Heights
- Citrus City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Citrus City is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus City
- Joseph Griggs Colonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manuel Garcia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Manuel Garcia is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Garcia
- Manuel Garcia has also been known as:
- Manuel Garcia Colonia
- McCook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mikes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mikes is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikes
- Mikes has also been known as:
- Mikes Colonia
- Mitchell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Mitchell has also been known as:
- Mitchell Colonia
- Ratcliff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ratcliff is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
- Salmon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salmon is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Salmon has also been known as:
- Salmon Colonia
- Sammy Martinez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sammy Martinez is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammy Martinez
- Sammy Martinez has also been known as:
- Sammy Martinez Colonia
How Far From Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Santa Anna and extending to:
- Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Santa Anna to Rio Grande City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 253 miles [407.2 km] to the north (N). 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 1,502 miles [2,417.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,096 miles [13,029.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Santa Anna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6681, Longitude: -98.5645 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Anna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.133 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.94 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.887 degrees. |
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