Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Colonial Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colonial Gardens and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Colonial Gardens
- 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 Colonial Gardens:
- 29.825400, -95.358700
- 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 Colonial Gardens
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Since Colonial Gardens is near Brazoria County and also Fort Bend County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brazoria County
- eBird sighting report for Fort Bend 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Colonial Gardens ...
We found seven communities that share the name Colonial Gardens.
Within Texas, the name Colonial Gardens is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Madison County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Colonial Gardens.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Cook County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Colonial Gardens.
- Winnebago County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Winnebago County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km] to the north northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Colonial Gardens.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Colonial Gardens.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Colonial Gardens [Middlesex County].
- Ocean County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Ocean County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Colonial Gardens.
- West Virginia
- Putnam County
- This Colonial Gardens is located in Putnam County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Gardens that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Colonial Gardens.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colonial Gardens ...
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.
- Garden Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
- Garden Oaks is located in Harris County
- Glen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Greenwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood Village is located in Harris County
- Hardy Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Heights
- Hardy Heights is located in Harris County
- Holly Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Holly Park is located in Harris County
- Houston Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
- Houston Heights is located in Harris County
- Lincoln City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- 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
- North Shadydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Shadydale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shadydale
- North Shadydale is located in Harris County
- Orange Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Orange Grove is located in Harris County
- Rosedale Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Gardens
- Rosedale Gardens is located in Harris County
- Scenic Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
- Scenic Woods is located in Harris County
- Shady Timbers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Timbers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Timbers
- Shady Timbers is located in Harris County
How Far From Colonial Gardens 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 Colonial Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colonial Gardens and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Colonial Gardens to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,214 miles [1,953.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,804 miles [12,559.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colonial Gardens. 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> | 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- Colonial Gardens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colonial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8254, Longitude: -95.3587 In this case, the coordinates for Colonial Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Colonial Gardens 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> | 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 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 Colonial Gardens to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.592 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.524 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.347 degrees. |