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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 Stowers Corner Windmill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stowers Corner Windmill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stowers Corner Windmill
- 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 Stowers Corner Windmill:
- 30.027988, -99.502827
- 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 Stowers Corner Windmill
- 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 Kerr County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kerr County
- Since Stowers Corner Windmill is near Bandera County and also Gillespie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bandera County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gillespie 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 Stowers Corner Windmill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stowers Corner Windmill ...
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.
- Center Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Waters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Waters is located in Bandera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Waters
- Hunt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Junction Windmill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Junction Windmill is located in Kerr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Windmill
- Leakey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Legion
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Legion is located in Kerr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legion
- Mountain Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Kerr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
How Far From Stowers Corner Windmill 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 Stowers Corner Windmill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stowers Corner Windmill and extending to:
- Kerrville, which is the Seat of Kerr County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stowers Corner Windmill to Kerrville, 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 most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,966 miles [12,820 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,844 miles [9,405 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stowers Corner Windmill) 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 Stowers Corner Windmill 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 Stowers Corner Windmill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0280, Longitude: -99.5028 In this case, the coordinates for Stowers Corner Windmill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.361 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.106 degrees. |
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