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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 Seawillow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seawillow 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 Seawillow:
- 29.823280, -97.605553
- 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 Seawillow
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Seawillow is near Bastrop County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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 Seawillow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seawillow ...
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.
- Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elm Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mendoza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Pettytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Red Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Sandy Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Soda Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Stairtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
- Staples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Seawillow 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 Seawillow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Seawillow and extending to:
- Lockhart, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Seawillow to Austin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,899 miles [12,712.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seawillow) 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 Seawillow 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 Seawillow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8233, Longitude: -97.6056 In this case, the coordinates for Seawillow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.057 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.295 degrees. |
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