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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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Garden - Terra Verde and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Spring Garden - Terra Verde
- 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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde:
- 27.761568, -97.725473
- 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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde
- 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 Nueces County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nueces County
- Since Spring Garden - Terra Verde is near Jim Wells County and also San Patricio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jim Wells County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Patricio 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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Garden - Terra Verde ...
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.
- Bishop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluntzer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flour Bluff Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flour Bluff Junction is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Bluff Junction
- Heritage Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Heritage Acres has also been known as:
- Heritage Acres Colonia
- Kingsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Meadow Ridge has also been known as:
- Meadow Ridge Colonia
- Orange Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Robstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Bluff is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bluff
- Sandy Bluff has also been known as:
- Sandy Bluff Colonia
- Violet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Violet is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Spring Garden - Terra Verde 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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spring Garden - Terra Verde and extending to:
- Corpus Christi, which is the Seat of Nueces County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Garden - Terra Verde to Corpus Christi, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,006 miles [12,884.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Garden - Terra Verde) 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 Spring Garden - Terra Verde to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.788 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.487 degrees. |
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