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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 Santo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santo 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 Santo:
- 32.603837, -98.215366
- 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 Santo
- 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 Palo Pinto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palo Pinto County
- Since Santo is near Erath County and also Hood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood 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 Santo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santo ...
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.
- Coalville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coalville is located in Palo Pinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Dennis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon Junction is located in Palo Pinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Junction
- Hannibal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Camp is located in Palo Pinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Camp
- Maxwell Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maxwell Crossing is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Crossing
- Mineral Wells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mingus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Santo 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 Santo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Santo and extending to:
- Palo Pinto, which is the Seat of Palo Pinto County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Santo to Palo Pinto, with an average speed<3> 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,783 miles [12,525.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Santo) 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 Santo 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 Santo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6038, Longitude: -98.2154 In this case, the coordinates for Santo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.873 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.561 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.319 degrees. |
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