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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 Fairway Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairway Park 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 Fairway Park:
    • 29.810100, -95.467600
    • 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 Fairway Park
  • 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 Fairway Park ...

We found four communities that share the name Fairway Park.

Within Texas, the name Fairway Park is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda 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 California community of Fairway Park [Alameda County].
      • San Mateo County
      • This Fairway Park is located in San Mateo County and lies 1,635 miles [2,631.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fairway Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Fairway Park.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Fairway Park is located in Horry County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Fairway Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Fairway Park.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Fairway Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fairway Park that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Fairway Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairway Park ...

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.

  • Candlelight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlelight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
    • Candlelight is located in Harris County
  • City of Spring Valley Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City of Spring Valley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Spring Valley Village
    • City of Spring Valley Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for City of Spring Valley Village <4>
  • Forest Pine
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pine
    • Forest Pine is located in Harris County
  • Garden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Holly Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Hunters Creek Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
    • Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Monarch Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monarch Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Oaks
    • Monarch Oaks is located in Harris County
  • Pine Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
    • Pine Terrace is located in Harris County
  • Spring Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Oaks
    • Spring Oaks is located in Harris County
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Harris County

How Far From Fairway Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fairway Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fairway Park to Austin, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,810 miles [12,569 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairway Park. 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>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fairway Park 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 from Point A (ie- Fairway Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairway Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8101, Longitude: -95.4676       In this case, the coordinates for Fairway Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Fairway Park 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 318.66 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.601 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.394 degrees.




 

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