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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 Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colony 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 Colony:
- 29.769230, -97.179102
- 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 Colony
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Colony is near Gonzales County and also Bastrop County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop 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 Colony
Communities Also Named Colony ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Colony.
There are three communities within Texas that are also named Colony.
Beyond Texas, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Blanco County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Blanco County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Colony.
- Denton County
- This Colony is located in Denton County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the north of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Colony.
- Rains County
- This Colony is located in Rains County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of Colony.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cullman County
- This Colony is located in Cullman County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Colony.
- Talladega County
- This Colony is located in Talladega County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Colony.
- Tuscaloosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Colony [Tuscaloosa County].
- Georgia
- Baldwin County
- This Colony is located in Baldwin County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Colony.
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- This Colony is located in Anderson County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<2> to the north of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Colony.
- Norton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Colony [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- This Colony is located in Fayette County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Colony.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Colony is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Colony.
- Montgomery County
- This Colony is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km] to the northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Colony.
- Missouri
- Knox County
- This Colony is located in Knox County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Colony.
- Nevada
- Lyon County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Colony.
- Oklahoma
- Washita County
- This Colony is located in Washita County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washita County community of Colony.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Colony is located in Aiken County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Colony.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Colony is located in Weber County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Colony.
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- This Colony is located in Amherst County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Colony.
- James City County
- This Colony is located in James City County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km] to the east northeast of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Colony.
- Wyoming
- Crook County
- This Colony is located in Crook County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Colony that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crook County community of Colony.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colony ...
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.
- Cistern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Colorado is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Comanche Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Comanche Crossing is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Crossing
- Elm Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Flower Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- High Hill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- High Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Jordan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nickel is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
- Sandy Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saturn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saturn is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- String Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
How Far From Colony 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 Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colony and extending to:
- La Grange, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Colony to La Grange, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,884 miles [12,688.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Colony 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. |
| <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 Colony 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 Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7692, Longitude: -97.1791 In this case, the coordinates for Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.767 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.901 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.117 degrees. |
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