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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 College Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Station 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 College Station:
- 30.627734, -96.334821
- 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 College Station
- 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 Brazos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brazos County
- Since College Station is near Burleson County and also Grimes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burleson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grimes 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 College Station
Communities Also Named College Station ...
We found three communities that are also named College Station.
Within Texas, the name College Station is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This College Station is located in Pulaski County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the College Station that is located in Brazos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of College Station.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This College Station is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the College Station that is located in Brazos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of College Station.
- Prince George's County
- 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 Maryland community of College Station [Prince George's County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near College Station ...
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.
- Bryan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chances Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chances Store is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chances Store
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Harvey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Peach Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Creek is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Spear
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spear is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear
- Steep Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Hollow is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Hollow
- Wicker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wicker is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicker
How Far From College Station 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 city such as College Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in College Station and extending to:
- Bryan, which is the Seat of Brazos County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from College Station to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,806 miles [12,562.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- College Station) 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 College Station 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 College Station 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 College Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6277, Longitude: -96.3348 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.343 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.51 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.681 degrees. |
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