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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 Silver Creek Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Creek Village 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 Silver Creek Village:
- 30.855456, -98.395031
- 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 Silver Creek Village
- 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 Burnet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burnet County
- Since Silver Creek Village is near Llano County and also San Saba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Llano County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Saba 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 Silver Creek Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Creek Village ...
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.
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Golden Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Granite Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- High Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Valley is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- Kingsland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Victor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Victor is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Victor
- Lone Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Grove is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Nix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Shady Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sunnylane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
- Sunrise Beach Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
How Far From Silver Creek Village 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 Silver Creek Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Silver Creek Village and extending to:
- Burnet, which is the Seat of Burnet County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Creek Village to Burnet, 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,326 miles [2,134 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,879 miles [12,680 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 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 from Point A (ie- Silver Creek Village) 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 Silver Creek Village 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 Silver Creek Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8555, Longitude: -98.3950 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Creek Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.744 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.556 degrees. |
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