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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 Vance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vance 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 Vance:
- 29.815775, -100.013682
- 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 Vance
- 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 Real County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Real County
- Since Vance is near Edwards County and also Kinney County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edwards County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kinney 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 Vance
Communities Also Named Vance ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Vance.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Vance.
Beyond Texas, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Edwards 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 Texas community of Vance [Edwards County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Vance.
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- This Vance is located in Jackson County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Vance.
- California
- Tulare County
- This Vance is located in Tulare County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Vance.
- Kansas
- Linn 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 Kansas community of Vance [Linn County].
- Wyandotte County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vance [Wyandotte County].
- Kentucky
- Henry 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 Kentucky community of Vance [Henry County].
- Mississippi
- Newton 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 Mississippi community of Vance [Newton County].
- Quitman County
- This Vance is located in Quitman County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Vance.
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Vance is located in Webster County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Vance.
- Nebraska
- Morrill County
- This Vance is located in Morrill County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<2> to the north of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrill County community of Vance.
- North Carolina
- Iredell 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 North Carolina community of Vance [Iredell County].
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Vance is located in Cass County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<2> to the north of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Vance.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- This Vance is located in Washington County and lies 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Vance.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- This Vance is located in Orangeburg County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Vance.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Vance is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Vance.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Vance is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Vance.
- Washington
- Lewis County
- This Vance is located in Lewis County and lies 1,646 miles [2,649 km]<2> to the northwest of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Vance.
- West Virginia
- Hampshire County
- This Vance is located in Hampshire County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vance that is located in Real County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Vance.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vance ...
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.
- First Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- First Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Hackberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hackberry is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Happy Hollow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hollow is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Leakey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek Place is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Place
- Rocksprings
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Second Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Second Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Third Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Third Crossing is located in Uvalde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
How Far From Vance 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 Vance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vance and extending to:
- Leakey, which is the Seat of Real County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vance to Leakey, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,263 miles [11,688.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,997 miles [12,869.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,876 miles [9,456.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Vance 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vance) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Vance 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 Vance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8158, Longitude: -100.0137 In this case, the coordinates for Vance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.673 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.164 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.345 degrees. |
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