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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 Votaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Votaw 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 Votaw:
- 30.435485, -94.673257
- 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 Votaw
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Votaw is near Liberty County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Votaw
Communities Also Named Votaw ...
We found two communities that are also named Votaw.
Within Texas, the name Votaw is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Wayne 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 Indiana community of Votaw [Wayne County].
- Oregon
- Washington County
- This Votaw is located in Washington County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Votaw that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Votaw.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Votaw ...
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.
- Big Thicket Loblolly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Thicket Loblolly is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Thicket Loblolly
- Bragg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bragg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Grand Cane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Cane is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Cane
- Holly Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Hoop and Holler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoop and Holler is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoop and Holler
- Marvels
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marvels is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvels
- Oak Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Shade is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
- Thicket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Votaw 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 Votaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Votaw and extending to:
- Kountze, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Votaw to Kountze, with an average speed<4> 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 183 miles [294.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,746 miles [12,466 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,621 miles [9,046.1 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Votaw 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 from Point A (ie- Votaw) 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 Votaw 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 Votaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4355, Longitude: -94.6733 In this case, the coordinates for Votaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.24 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.999 degrees. |
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