Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Angleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angleton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Angleton
- 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 Angleton:
- 29.168446, -95.427966
- 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 Angleton
- 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 Brazoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brazoria County
- Since Angleton is near Fort Bend County and also Galveston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- eBird sighting report for Galveston 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 Angleton ...
We found one communities that share the name Angleton.
Within Texas, the name Angleton is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Angleton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Angleton ...
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.
- China Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- China Grove is located in Brazoria County
- Chocolate Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chocolate Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chocolate Bayou
- Chocolate Bayou is located in Brazoria County
- Chocolate Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chocolate Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chocolate Springs
- Chocolate Springs is located in Brazoria County
- Gulf Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Holiday Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
- Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Jones Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Jones Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,062 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jones Creek <3>
- Lake Barbara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Barbara have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barbara
- Lake Barbara is located in Brazoria County
- Liverpool
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Liverpool is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liverpool <3>
- Oyster Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
- Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Perry Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Landing
- Perry Landing is located in Brazoria County
- Richwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Richwood is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,015 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <3>
- Snipe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Wild Peach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Peach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach
- Wild Peach is located in Brazoria County
- Wild Peach Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Peach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
- Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
How Far From Angleton 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 Angleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Angleton and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Angleton to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,244 miles [2,002 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Angleton: www.angleton.tx.us/
The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 Angleton 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Angleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Angleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1684, Longitude: -95.4280 In this case, the coordinates for Angleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Angleton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.538 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.374 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.437 degrees. |