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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 Link Five, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Link Five 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 Link Five:
- 29.704395, -95.094931
- 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 Link Five
- 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 Link Five is near Chambers County and also Galveston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Galveston 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 Link Five
Curious and Interesting Names Near Link Five ...
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.
- Channelview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cloverleaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Deer Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Delldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Delldale is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delldale
- Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Gilbert Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Landing is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Landing
- Ginger Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ginger Green is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Green
- Greens Bayou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bayou
- Hidden Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Lynchburg Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg Landing is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg Landing
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Quail Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Hollow is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Red Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Bluff is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Shadow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shadow Glen is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Glen
- Tarrytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tarrytown is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- University Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- University Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
How Far From Link Five to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Link Five to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Link Five and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Link Five 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 163 miles [262.3 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 7 days and walking would take 10 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 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,799 miles [12,551.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,674 miles [9,131.4 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- Link Five) 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 Link Five 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 Link Five. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7044, Longitude: -95.0949 In this case, the coordinates for Link Five have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.405 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.288 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.25 degrees. |
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