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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 Angleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angleton 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Angleton
Communities Also Named Angleton ...
We found one communities that are also named 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 ...
- Indiana
- Kosciusko 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 Angleton [Kosciusko County].
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)
- China Grove is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- Chocolate Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chocolate Bayou is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chocolate Bayou
- Chocolate Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chocolate Springs is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chocolate Springs
- Gulf Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gulf Park is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park
- Holiday Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Jones Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Barbara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Barbara is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barbara
- Liverpool
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oyster Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Perry Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Perry Landing is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Landing
- Richwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Snipe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snipe is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipe
- Wild Peach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Peach is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach
- Wild Peach Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
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<3> beginning in Angleton and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Angleton to Austin, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Angleton) 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 Angleton 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.374 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.437 degrees. |
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