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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Hills 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 Hills:
- 29.779943, -98.600855
- 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 Hills
- 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 Comal County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comal County
- Since Silver Hills is near Kendall County and also Bexar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kendall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar 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 Hills
Communities Also Named Silver Hills ...
We found four communities that are also named Silver Hills.
Within Texas, the name Silver Hills is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Winnebago County
- This Silver Hills is located in Winnebago County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Silver Hills that is located in Comal County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Silver Hills.
- Indiana
- Floyd County
- This Silver Hills is located in Floyd County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Silver Hills that is located in Comal County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Silver Hills.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Silver Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Silver Hills that is located in Comal County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Silver Hills.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Silver Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Hills ...
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.
- Cross Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
- Dominion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dominion is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Grey Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
- Honey Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Leon Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
- Scenic Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
- Spring Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Silver Hills 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 Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Silver Hills and extending to:
- New Braunfels, which is the Seat of Comal County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Hills to New Braunfels, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,942 miles [12,781.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,819 miles [9,364.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Silver Hills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Silver Hills 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 Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7799, Longitude: -98.6009 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.713 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.02 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.728 degrees. |
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