Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McHattie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McHattie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McHattie

• 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 McHattie:
  • 29.541628, -95.846341
  • 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 McHattie

• 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 McHattie is near Wharton County and also Austin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wharton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Austin 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 McHattie

Curious and Interesting Names Near McHattie ...

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.

• Booth
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Booth is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Booth <1>
• Greatwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
• Greatwood Trails
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Greatwood Trails is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Trails
• Greatwood Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
• Harlem
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
• Needville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Needville is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needville <1>
• New Territory
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
• Orchard
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Orchard is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orchard <1>
• Pecan Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
• Pleasant Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Fort Bend County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

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

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

• Richmond, which is the Seat of Fort Bend County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from McHattie to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'