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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 Industry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Industry 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 Industry:
    • 29.972236, -96.502182
    • 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 Industry
  • 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 Austin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Austin County
    • Since Industry is near Fayette County and also Colorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colorado 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 Industry

Communities Also Named Industry ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Industry.

Within Texas, the name Industry is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler County
      • This Industry is located in Butler County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Industry.
    • Illinois
      • McDonough County
      • This Industry is located in McDonough County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonough County community of Industry.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware 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 Industry [Delaware County].
    • Iowa
      • Webster 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 Iowa community of Industry [Webster County].
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • This Industry is located in Clay County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Industry.
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Industry is located in Franklin County and lies 1,761 miles [2,834.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Industry.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Industry.
      • Portage County
      • This Industry is located in Portage County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Industry.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Industry is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Industry.
      • Beaver County
      • This Industry is located in Beaver County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km] to the northeast of the Industry that is located in Austin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Industry.
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun 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 West Virginia community of Industry [Calhoun County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Industry ...

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.

  • Greenvine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Haw Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Haw Creek is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
  • Klump
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Klump is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klump
  • Krebsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Krebsville is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebsville
  • Lone Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Post Oak Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Post Oak Point is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Point
  • Rockhouse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rockhouse is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
  • Welcome
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Welcome is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Willow Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Willow Springs is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

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

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

  • Bellville, which is the Seat of Austin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Industry to Bellville, with an average speed<4> 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 76 miles [122.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,264 miles [2,034.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,846 miles [12,626.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,721 miles [9,207.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Industry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Industry 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>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 Industry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Industry 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 Industry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9722, Longitude: -96.5022    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.355 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.441 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.812 degrees.