Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Longwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longwood Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Longwood Park
- 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 Longwood Park:
- 29.551600, -95.216700
- 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 Longwood Park
- 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 Galveston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Galveston County
- Since Longwood Park is near Brazoria County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brazoria County
- eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Longwood Park ...
We found one communities that share the name Longwood Park.
Within Texas, the name Longwood Park is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Longwood Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Richmond County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Longwood Park [Richmond County].
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longwood Park ...
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.
- Dixie Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Hollow
- Dixie Hollow is located in Brazoria County
- Enchanted Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enchanted Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Woods
- Enchanted Woods is located in Galveston County
- Forest Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
- Forest Green is located in Harris County
- Friendswood Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendswood Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood Gardens
- Friendswood Gardens is located in Galveston County
- Highland Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Highland Meadows is located in Harris County
- Imperial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imperial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Gardens
- Imperial Gardens is located in Galveston County
- Melody Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melody Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Wood
- Melody Wood is located in Galveston County
- Orchard
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Pineshadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pineshadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineshadows
- Pineshadows is located in Brazoria County
- Quaker Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Landing
- Quaker Landing is located in Galveston County
- Quaker Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Regal Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regal Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal Oaks
- Regal Oaks is located in Brazoria County
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- Riverwalk
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Rustic Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks
- Rustic Oaks is located in Brazoria County
- Scarsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Shadycrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadycrest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadycrest
- Shadycrest is located in Brazoria County
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Brazoria County
- Sunset Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Meadows
- Sunset Meadows is located in Galveston County
- Wilderness Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilderness Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Trails
- Wilderness Trails is located in Galveston County
- Riverwalk
How Far From Longwood Park 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 Longwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Longwood Park and extending to:
- Galveston, which is the Seat of Galveston County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longwood Park to Galveston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 159 miles [255.9 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,218 miles [1,960.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,812 miles [12,572.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Longwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Galveston County: www.co.galveston.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Longwood Park 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Longwood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Longwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5516, Longitude: -95.2167 In this case, the coordinates for Longwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Longwood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.333 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.315 degrees. |