Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bor-ley Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bor-ley Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bor-ley Heights

• 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 Bor-ley Heights:
  • 30.164101, -94.187683
  • 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 Bor-ley Heights

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Bor-ley Heights is near Hardin County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Bor-ley Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bor-ley Heights ...

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.

• Echo Forest
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Echo Forest is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Forest
• Elizabeth
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Elizabeth is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
• Lakeview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeview is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Meeker
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Meeker is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
• Pine Crest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
• Pine Island
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
• Rose City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose City is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
• Rosedale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
• Sunnyside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Bor-ley Heights 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 Bor-ley Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bor-ley Heights and extending to:

• Beaumont, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bor-ley Heights to Austin, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,738 miles [12,453.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'