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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 Hungerford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hungerford 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 Hungerford:
    • 29.398153, -96.077222
    • 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 Hungerford
  • 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 Hungerford ...

We found three communities that share the name Hungerford.

Within Texas, the name Hungerford is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Hungerford [Newaygo County].
    • Ontario
      • This Hungerford lies 1,468 miles [2,362.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hungerford that is located in Wharton County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Hungerford is located in York County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hungerford that is located in Wharton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Hungerford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hungerford ...

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.

  • Bonus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Burr
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
    • Burr is located in Wharton County
  • Egypt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Four Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Fort Bend County
  • Glen Flora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
    • Lane City is located in Wharton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane City <4>
  • Needville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needville
    • Needville is located in Fort Bend County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,131 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needville <4>
  • Pierce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Wharton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <4>
  • Sand Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • 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 Hungerford 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 Hungerford to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wharton, which is the Seat of Wharton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hungerford to Austin, with an average speed<5>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 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 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 7,856 miles [12,643 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 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 Hungerford 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' (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- Hungerford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hungerford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3982, Longitude: -96.0772    
<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 Hungerford 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 318.991 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.938 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.685 degrees.




 

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