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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 Margarita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Margarita 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 Margarita:
- 26.492559, -99.092810
- 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 Margarita
- 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 Margarita is near Zapata County and also Jim Hogg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Zapata 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 Margarita
Communities Also Named Santa Margarita ...
We found one communities that are also named Santa Margarita.
Within Texas, the name Santa Margarita is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Santa Margarita in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Santa Margarita is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Santa Margarita that is located in Starr County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Santa Margarita.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa Margarita ...
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.
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen Colonia
- Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Falcon is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Falcon Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Village is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
- Hackberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hackberry is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hackberry has also been known as:
- Hackberry Colonia
- Margarita
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Margarita is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarita
- Margarita has also been known as:
- Margarita Colonia
- New Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Falcon is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
- New Falcon has also been known as:
- New Falcon Colonia
- Sunset
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset has also been known as:
- Sunset Colonia
How Far From Santa Margarita 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 community such as Santa Margarita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Santa Margarita and extending to:
- Rio Grande City, which is the Seat of Starr County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Santa Margarita to Rio Grande City, 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 273 miles [439.4 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,534 miles [2,468.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,406 miles [11,918.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,128 miles [13,080.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Santa Margarita) 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 Margarita 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 Margarita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.4926, Longitude: -99.0928 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Margarita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.447 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.111 degrees. |
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