Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Santo Tomas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santo Tomas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Santo Tomas
- 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 Santo Tomas:
- 27.744178, -99.751437
- 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 Santo Tomas
- 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 Webb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Webb 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 Santo Tomas ...
We found two communities that share the name Santo Tomas.
Within Texas, the name Santo Tomas is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Santo Tomas is located in Maricopa County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Santo Tomas that is located in Webb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Santo Tomas.
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- This Santo Tomas is located in Dona Ana County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Santo Tomas that is located in Webb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Santo Tomas.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santo Tomas ...
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.
- Cactus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Four Points
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Four Points is located in Webb County
- Four Points has also been known as:
- Four Points Colonia
How Far From Santo Tomas 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 Santo Tomas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Santo Tomas once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Santo Tomas and extending to:
- Laredo, which is the Seat of Webb County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Santo Tomas to Laredo, with an average speed<4> 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 212 miles [341.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,513 miles [2,434.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,364 miles [11,851.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,093 miles [13,024.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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- Santo Tomas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Santo Tomas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7442, Longitude: -99.7514 In this case, the coordinates for Santo Tomas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Santo Tomas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Santo Tomas to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.127 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.337 degrees. |