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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 Eagle Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake:
    • 29.589431, -96.333695
    • 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 Eagle Lake
  • 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 Eagle Lake ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Eagle Lake.

Within Texas, the name Eagle Lake is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Eagle Lake is located in Polk County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the east of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eagle Lake.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Eagle Lake is located in Will County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Eagle Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko 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 Indiana community of Eagle Lake [Kosciusko County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Eagle Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Cass 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 Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Cass County].
      • Oakland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Oakland County].
      • Van Buren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eagle Lake [Van Buren County].
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • This Eagle Lake is located in Blue Earth County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the north of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Eagle Lake.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren 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 Mississippi community of Eagle Lake [Warren County].
    • New York
      • Essex 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 York community of Eagle Lake [Essex County].
    • Ontario
      • This Eagle Lake lies 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Eagle Lake is located in Racine County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eagle Lake that is located in Colorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Eagle Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Lake ...

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.

  • Beard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
    • Beard is located in Austin County
  • Bonus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
    • Bonus is located in Wharton County
  • Columbus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Egypt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elm Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
    • Elm Grove is located in Wharton County
  • Helms
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms
    • Helms is located in Colorado County
  • Nada
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Rock Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
  • Sand Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Sand Ridge is located in Wharton County

How Far From Eagle Lake 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 city such as Eagle Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Colorado County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Lake to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,857 miles [12,644.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eagle Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5894, Longitude: -96.3337    
<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 Eagle Lake 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Eagle Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.187 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.193 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.775 degrees.




 

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