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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 Standart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Standart 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 Standart:
- 29.343624, -100.618677
- 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 Standart
- 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 Kinney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kinney County
- Since Standart is near Val Verde County and also Maverick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Val Verde County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maverick 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 Standart
Communities Also Named Standart ...
We found one communities that are also named Standart.
Within Texas, the name Standart is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Standart in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Iowa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Standart [Iowa County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Standart ...
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.
- Amanda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
- Amistad Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Darling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darling is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling
- Devils Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Devils Shores is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Shores
- Lake View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Normandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Normandy is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Rough Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rough Canyon is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Canyon
- Rough Canyon has also been known as:
- Rough Canyon Colonia
How Far From Standart to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Standart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Standart and extending to:
- Brackettville, which is the Seat of Kinney County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Standart to Brackettville, 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 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,494 miles [2,404.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,046 miles [12,948.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Standart 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Standart) 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 Standart 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 Standart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3436, Longitude: -100.6187 In this case, the coordinates for Standart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.006 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.64 degrees. |
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