Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yorktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yorktown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yorktown
- 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 Yorktown:
- 28.981103, -97.502825
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Yorktown
- 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 DeWitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for DeWitt County
- Since Yorktown is near Goliad County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Goliad County
- eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Yorktown ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Yorktown.
Within Texas, the name Yorktown is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in DeWitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Yorktown.
- Baltimore County
- This Yorktown is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,387 miles [2,232.2 km] to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in DeWitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Yorktown.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Yorktown.
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- This Yorktown is located in Rutherford County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in DeWitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Yorktown.
- Williamson County
- This Yorktown is located in Williamson County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in DeWitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Yorktown.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorktown ...
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.
- Angel City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angel City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Angel City is located in Goliad County
- Cotton Patch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Patch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Patch
- Cotton Patch is located in DeWitt County
- Couch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Golly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Karnes County
- Mission Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
- Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
- Old Davy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Sample
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Yorktown 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 city such as Yorktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorktown and extending to:
- Cuero, which is the Seat of DeWitt County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yorktown to Cuero, 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 four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,937 miles [12,773.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yorktown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Yorktown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yorktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9811, Longitude: -97.5028 |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Yorktown 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Yorktown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.853 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.902 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.314 degrees. |