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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 Union Grave, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Grave 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 Union Grave:
- 31.440739, -94.150196
- 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 Union Grave
- 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 San Augustine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine County
- Since Union Grave is near Sabine County and also Nacogdoches County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches 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 Union Grave
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Grave ...
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.
- Black Ankle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Ankle is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ankle
- Bland Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bland Lake is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland Lake
- Fords Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fords Corner is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
- Maxey Town
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
- Rebecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
- Rosevine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosevine is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Union Grave 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 Union Grave to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Union Grave and extending to:
- San Augustine, which is the Seat of San Augustine County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Union Grave to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,675 miles [12,351.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,551 miles [8,933.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Union Grave) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Union Grave 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 Union Grave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4407, Longitude: -94.1502 In this case, the coordinates for Union Grave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.038 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.082 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.664 degrees. |
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