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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 Longwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longwood Park 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brazoria County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Longwood Park

Communities Also Named Longwood Park ...

We found one communities that are also named 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].

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)
    • Dixie Hollow is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Hollow
  • Enchanted Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Enchanted Woods is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Woods
  • Forest Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Green is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
  • Friendswood Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Friendswood Gardens is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood Gardens
  • Highland Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Highland Meadows is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Imperial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Imperial Gardens is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Gardens
  • Melody Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Melody Wood is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Wood
  • Orchard
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Orchard is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Pineshadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pineshadows is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineshadows
  • Quaker Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quaker Landing is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Landing
  • Quaker Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
  • Regal Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Regal Oaks is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal Oaks
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Riverwalk
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Riverwalk is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwalk
    • Rustic Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rustic Oaks is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks
    • Scarsdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Scarsdale is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Shadycrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Shadycrest is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadycrest
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Sunset Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Meadows is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Meadows
    • Wilderness Trails
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wilderness Trails is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Trails

How Far From Longwood Park 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 Longwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Longwood Park and extending to:

  • Galveston, which is the Seat of Galveston County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longwood Park to Galveston, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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>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. 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 Longwood Park 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 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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.461 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.333 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.315 degrees.