Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elm Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elm Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elm Grove
- 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 Elm Grove:
- 29.754674, -97.231934
- 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 Elm Grove
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Elm Grove is near Gonzales County and also Bastrop County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gonzales County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Elm Grove ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Elm Grove.
There are six communities within Texas that are also named Elm Grove.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Brazoria County
- Caldwell County
- Cherokee County
- San Saba County
- Wharton County
- Williamson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elm Grove [Johnson County].
- Pawnee 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 Kansas community of Elm Grove [Pawnee County].
- Washington 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 Kansas community of Elm Grove [Washington County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Bertie County
- This Elm Grove is located in Bertie County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elm Grove that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bertie County community of Elm Grove.
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Elm Grove [Chatham County].
- Jones 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 North Carolina community of Elm Grove [Jones County].
- Lenoir County
- This Elm Grove is located in Lenoir County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km] to the east northeast of the Elm Grove that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Elm Grove.
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hancock County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Elm Grove.
- Pike County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elm Grove [Pike County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elm Grove ...
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 north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Comanche Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Crossing
- Comanche Crossing is located in Gonzales County
- Flower Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County
- Jordan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Lena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Little New York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little New York have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little New York
- Little New York is located in Gonzales County
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Sandy Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Saturn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - String Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for String Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
How Far From Elm Grove 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 Elm Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elm Grove and extending to:
- La Grange, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elm Grove to La Grange, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 46 miles [74 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 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,887 miles [12,692.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elm Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Elm Grove 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elm Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elm Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7547, Longitude: -97.2319 In this case, the coordinates for Elm Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Elm Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Elm Grove 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 319.80 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.938 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.141 degrees. |