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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 Seadrift, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seadrift 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 Seadrift:
- 28.414764, -96.717112
- 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 Seadrift
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Seadrift is near Refugio County and also Aransas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aransas 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 Seadrift
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seadrift ...
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.
- Clark Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
- Green Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Guadalupe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Holiday Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Beach is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Point Comfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Spanish Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Weedhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Seadrift 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 city such as Seadrift to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Seadrift and extending to:
- Port Lavaca, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Seadrift to Port Lavaca, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,931 miles [12,763.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,806 miles [9,343.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seadrift) 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 Seadrift 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 Seadrift. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4148, Longitude: -96.7171 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.112 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.028 degrees. |
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