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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 Tehuacana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tehuacana 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 Tehuacana:
- 31.743497, -96.546185
- 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 Tehuacana
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Tehuacana is near Freestone County and also Navarro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Freestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navarro 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 Tehuacana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tehuacana ...
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.
- Bi-Stone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bi-Stone is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bi-Stone
- Cotton Gin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Glade is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
- Horn Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Mustang
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mustang is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Prairie Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Union High
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union High is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union High
How Far From Tehuacana 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 town such as Tehuacana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tehuacana and extending to:
- Groesbeck, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tehuacana to Groesbeck, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,029 miles [11,312.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,760 miles [12,488.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,637 miles [9,071.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tehuacana) 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 Tehuacana 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 Tehuacana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7435, Longitude: -96.5462 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.66 degrees. |
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