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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 Briar Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briar Creek 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 Briar Creek:
    • 29.941200, -95.470200
    • 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 Briar Creek
  • 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 Briar Creek ...

We found four communities that share the name Briar Creek.

Within Texas, the name Briar Creek is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Logan 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 Arkansas community of Briar Creek [Logan County].
    • Missouri
      • Ripley 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 Missouri community of Briar Creek [Ripley County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Columbia County
      • This Briar Creek is located in Columbia County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Briar Creek that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Briar Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Briar Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Briar Creek that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Briar Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Briar Creek ...

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.

  • Airline Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Farms
    • Airline Farms is located in Harris County
  • Airline Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
    • Airline Terrace is located in Harris County
  • Champion Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Park
    • Champion Park is located in Harris County
  • Champions East
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champions East have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champions East
    • Champions East is located in Harris County
  • Champions Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champions Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champions Point
    • Champions Point is located in Harris County
  • Cutten Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutten Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutten Green
    • Cutten Green is located in Harris County
  • Deco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fountainhead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountainhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainhead
    • Fountainhead is located in Harris County
  • Garden City Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
    • Garden City Park is located in Harris County
  • Glen Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Forest
    • Glen Forest is located in Harris County
  • Gum Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Valley
    • Gum Valley is located in Harris County
  • Heather Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Glen
    • Heather Glen is located in Harris County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Imperial Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imperial Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Valley
      • Imperial Valley is located in Harris County
    • Lincoln City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln City
      • Lincoln City is located in Harris County
    • Recreation Farms
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recreation Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recreation Farms
      • Recreation Farms is located in Harris County
    • Ridge Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
      • Ridge Point is located in Harris County
    • Willow Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
      • Willow Run is located in Harris County
    • Willowood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowood
      • Willowood is located in Harris County
    • Woodland Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Oaks
      • Woodland Oaks is located in Harris County
    • Woodland Trails North
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Trails North have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Trails North
      • Woodland Trails North is located in Harris County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briar Creek and extending to:

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Briar Creek to Houston, with an average speed<5> 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west (W). 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 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,804 miles [12,559.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Briar Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Harris County: www.co.harris.tx.us/

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 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 Briar Creek 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briar Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Briar Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9412, Longitude: -95.4702       In this case, the coordinates for Briar Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Briar Creek 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 318.681 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.643 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.382 degrees.




 

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