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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 Cumings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumings 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 Cumings:
- 29.578293, -95.798840
- 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 Cumings
- 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 Fort Bend County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- Since Cumings is near Harris County and also Waller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Cumings
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumings ...
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.
- Booth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greatwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
- Greatwood Trails
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greatwood Trails is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Trails
- Greatwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
- Hall Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hall Lake is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Lake
- Harlem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- New Territory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pecan Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pheasant Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Creek is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sugar Land
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Cumings 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 Cumings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cumings and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Fort Bend County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cumings to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,835 miles [12,609.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Cumings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cumings 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 Cumings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5783, Longitude: -95.7988 In this case, the coordinates for Cumings have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.782 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.553 degrees. |
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