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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 Webberville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Webberville 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 Webberville:
- 30.230181, -97.516373
- 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 Webberville
- 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 Travis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis County
- Since Webberville is near Bastrop County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Webberville
Communities Also Named Webberville ...
We found one communities that are also named Webberville.
Within Texas, the name Webberville is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Webberville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- This Webberville is located in Ingham County and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Webberville that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ingham County community of Webberville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Webberville ...
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.
- Butler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butler is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Decker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Elysium
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elysium is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysium
- Manor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Sweden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Pilot Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Walnut Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Forest
How Far From Webberville 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 village such as Webberville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Webberville and extending to:
- Austin, which is the Seat of Travis County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Webberville to Austin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,875 miles [12,673.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Webberville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Webberville 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 Webberville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2302, Longitude: -97.5164 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.062 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.307 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.224 degrees. |
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