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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 Clayton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clayton 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 Clayton Park:
    • 29.712700, -95.656800
    • 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 Clayton 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 Clayton 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 Clayton Park

Communities Also Named Clayton Park ...

We found two communities that are also named Clayton Park.

Within Texas, the name Clayton Park is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Clayton Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clayton Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Clayton Park.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Clayton Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clayton 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Kings Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kings Landing is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
  • Meadow Walk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Walk is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Walk
  • Memorial Thicket
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Memorial Thicket is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Thicket
  • Mission Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
  • Mission Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mission Glen is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Glen
  • Park Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Park Ridge is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
  • Pheasant Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pheasant Creek is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
  • Pheasant Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Providence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Rodeo Square
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rodeo Square is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeo Square
  • Shepherd Trace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shepherd Trace is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Trace
  • Two Worlds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Two Worlds is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Worlds

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

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

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Clayton Park to Houston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 130 miles [209.2 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,101 miles [11,428 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Clayton Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Clayton 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.
<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 Clayton 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 Clayton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7127, Longitude: -95.6568       In this case, the coordinates for Clayton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.767 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.715 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.482 degrees.