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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 Vidor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vidor 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 Vidor:
- 30.128694, -94.001080
- 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 Vidor
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Vidor is near Jefferson County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Vidor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vidor ...
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.
- Echo Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echo Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Forest
- Gratis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gratis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratis
- Hebert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hebert is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lucas is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Mauriceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nederland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orangefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Rose City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Rosedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Stark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stark is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Terry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Terry is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Vidor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Vidor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vidor and extending to:
- Orange, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Vidor to Orange, 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 223 miles [358.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,607 miles [9,023.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vidor) 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 Vidor 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 Vidor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1287, Longitude: -94.0011 In this case, the coordinates for Vidor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.597 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.756 degrees. |
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