Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kingsbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kingsbury
- 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 Kingsbury:
- 29.64819, -97.828041
- 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 Kingsbury
- 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 Guadalupe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Guadalupe County
- Since Kingsbury is near Caldwell County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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 Kingsbury ...
We found ten communities that share the name Kingsbury.
Within Texas, the name Kingsbury is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Maine
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Kingsbury is located in Meigs County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kingsbury that is located in Guadalupe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Kingsbury.
- Trumbull County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Kingsbury.
- Quebec
- This Kingsbury lies 1,770 miles [2,848.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kingsbury that is located in Guadalupe County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsbury ...
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.
- Geronimo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
- Geronimo is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geronimo <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Geronimo
- From Kingsbury to Geronimo
- Hunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hunter
- From Kingsbury to Hunter
- Jakes Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jakes Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Colony
- Jakes Colony is located in Guadalupe County
- Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Leesville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesville <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Leesville
- From Kingsbury to Leesville
- Maxwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Maxwell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <4>
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Reedville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Reedville
- From Kingsbury to Reedville
- Soda Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Soda Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Soda Springs
- From Kingsbury to Soda Springs
- Stairtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Staples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples
- Staples is located in Guadalupe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Staples <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Staples
- From Kingsbury to Staples
- Thorn Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Zipp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsbury and extending to:
- Seguin, which is the Seat of Guadalupe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsbury to Seguin, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,917 miles [12,741.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingsbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Guadalupe County: www.co.guadalupe.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kingsbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6482, Longitude: -97.8280 |
| <2> | 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 Kingsbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Kingsbury 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Kingsbury to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.176 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.369 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.404 degrees. |