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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 Kingsway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsway 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 Kingsway:
    • 29.612100, -95.539200
    • 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 Kingsway
  • 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 Fort Bend County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
    • Since Kingsway is near Harris County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brazoria 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 Kingsway

Communities Also Named Kingsway ...

We found four communities that are also named Kingsway.

Within Texas, the name Kingsway is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Kingsway is located in Hillsborough County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the east of the Kingsway that is located in Fort Bend County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Kingsway.
    • New York
      • Kings 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 New York community of Kingsway [Kings County].
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • This Kingsway is located in Sandusky County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kingsway that is located in Fort Bend County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Kingsway.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Kingsway.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsway ...

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.

  • Fifth Street
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
  • First Colony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
  • Herbert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Herbert is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
  • Hobby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobby is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
  • Hunters Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunters Glen is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
  • Main Street Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Main Street Gardens is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main Street Gardens
  • Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Meadows Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Place
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,813 people
  • Post Oak Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
  • Quail Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Glen is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Glen
  • Quail Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Quail Valley is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
  • Tiffany Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Tiffany Gardens is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens

How Far From Kingsway to ...

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the Seat of Fort Bend County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsway to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,231 miles [1,981.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,101 miles [11,428 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,822 miles [12,588.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Kingsway) 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 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 Kingsway 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>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 Kingsway 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 Kingsway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6121, Longitude: -95.5392       In this case, the coordinates for Kingsway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.677 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.595 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.442 degrees.