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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 Lois, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lois 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 Lois:
- 29.833004, -95.503830
- 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 Lois
- 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 Lois is near Fort Bend County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend 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 Lois
Communities Also Named Lois ...
We found ten communities that are also named Lois.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Lois.
Beyond Texas, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Cooke County
- This Lois is located in Cooke County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Lois.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare County
- This Lois is located in Tulare County and lies 1,424 miles [2,291.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Lois.
- Florida
- Jefferson County
- This Lois is located in Jefferson County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lois.
- Georgia
- Berrien 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 Georgia community of Lois [Berrien County].
- Kansas
- Sherman 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 Kansas community of Lois [Sherman County].
- Missouri
- Maries County
- This Lois is located in Maries County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Lois.
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Lois.
- Tennessee
- Moore County
- This Lois is located in Moore County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Lois.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Lois is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Lois.
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Lois is located in Fauquier County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lois that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Lois.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lois ...
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.
- Candlelight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Candlelight is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
- City of Spring Valley Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Pine is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pine
- Garden City Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
- Garden Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garden Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
- Gum Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gum Valley is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Valley
- Hennessey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hennessey is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Holly Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Hunters Creek Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Memorial Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Hollow is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Hollow
- Memorial Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Pines is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Pines
- Monarch Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Oaks
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pine Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Terrace is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Recreation Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Recreation Farms is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recreation Farms
- Royal Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Shadow Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Oaks
- Spring Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Meadows is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
- Spring Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Oaks
- Spring Shadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Shadows is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Shadows
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Timber Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Oaks
- Woodland Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Oaks
- Woodland Trails North
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Lois 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 Lois to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lois and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lois to Houston, with an average speed<5> 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 137 miles [220.5 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 1,221 miles [1,965 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,810 miles [12,569 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Lois) 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 Lois 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 Lois, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Lois 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 Lois. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8330, Longitude: -95.5038 In this case, the coordinates for Lois have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.687 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.636 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.407 degrees. |
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