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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 Williams Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williams Ranch 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 Williams Ranch:
- 31.496887, -98.638979
- 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 Williams Ranch
- 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 Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mills County
- Since Williams Ranch is near Brown County and also San Saba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Saba 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 Williams Ranch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williams Ranch ...
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 Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Big Valley is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Blanket Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blanket Springs is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Springs
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Democrat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Democrat is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Double Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Double Ford is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Ford
- Duke Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duke Crossing is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Crossing
- Pleasant Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Regency ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Regency is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
- Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Zephyr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Williams Ranch 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 Williams Ranch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Williams Ranch once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Williams Ranch and extending to:
- Goldthwaite, which is the Seat of Mills County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Williams Ranch to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,857 miles [12,644.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williams Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Williams Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Williams Ranch 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 Williams Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4969, Longitude: -98.6390 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.579 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.612 degrees. |
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