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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 South Bosque, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Bosque 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 South Bosque:
- 31.481833, -97.288064
- 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 South Bosque
- 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 McLennan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan County
- Since South Bosque is near Coryell County and also Falls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coryell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls 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 South Bosque
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Bosque ...
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.
- Beverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bruceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- China Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Downs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Levi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Levi is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi
- Moody
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From South Bosque 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 South Bosque to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Bosque and extending to:
- Waco, which is the Seat of McLennan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Bosque to Waco, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,248 miles [2,008.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,803 miles [12,557.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 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- South Bosque) 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 South Bosque 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 South Bosque. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4818, Longitude: -97.2881 In this case, the coordinates for South Bosque have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.012 degrees. |
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