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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 Glen Lee Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Lee Place 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 Glen Lee Place:
- 29.961600, -95.300400
- 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 Glen Lee Place
- 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 Harris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Since Glen Lee Place is near Montgomery County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Glen Lee Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Lee Place ...
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.
- Bordersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bordersville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordersville
- Fair Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fair Green is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Green
- Fountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fountain View is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
- Foxwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foxwood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Greenbranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbranch is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbranch
- Humble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Intercontinental Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moonshine Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moonshine Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine Hill
- Orange Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Spears Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spears Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Village
How Far From Glen Lee Place 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 Glen Lee Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glen Lee Place and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glen Lee Place to Houston, with an average speed<3> 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,795 miles [12,544.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 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 from Point A (ie- Glen Lee Place) 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 Glen Lee Place 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 Glen Lee Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9616, Longitude: -95.3004 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Lee Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.575 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.521 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.309 degrees. |
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