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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 Ashford Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashford Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ashford Park:
    • 29.734000, -95.611800
    • 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 Ashford Park
  • 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 Harris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
    • Since Ashford Park is near Fort Bend County and also Waller 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 Waller 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 Ashford Park

Communities Also Named Ashford Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Ashford Park.

Within Texas, the name Ashford Park is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Ashford Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb 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 Georgia community of Ashford Park [DeKalb County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashford Park ...

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.

  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dover is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Frosttown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frosttown is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosttown
  • Gay Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gay Wood is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Wood
  • Kings Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Landing is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
  • Meadow Walk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Walk is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Walk
  • Memorial Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Bend is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Bend
  • Memorial Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Grove is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Grove
  • Memorial Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Hollow is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Hollow
  • Memorial Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Pines is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Pines
  • Memorial Plaza
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Plaza is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Plaza
  • Memorial Thicket
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Memorial Thicket is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Thicket
  • Mission Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mission Glen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mission Glen is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Glen
    • Park Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Park Ridge is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
    • Pheasant Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Providence
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Providence is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Rodeo Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rodeo Square is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeo Square
    • Rustling Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rustling Oaks is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustling Oaks
    • Shepherd Trace
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Shepherd Trace is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Trace
    • Townpark
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Townpark is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townpark
    • Two Worlds
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Two Worlds is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Worlds
    • Walnut Bend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Bend is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend
    • Yorkshire
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Yorkshire is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

How Far From Ashford Park 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 community such as Ashford Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashford Park and extending to:

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ashford Park to Houston, with an average speed<3> 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,820 miles [12,585.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,695 miles [9,165.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Ashford Park 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ashford Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Ashford Park 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 Ashford Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7340, Longitude: -95.6118       In this case, the coordinates for Ashford Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.742 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.688 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.461 degrees.