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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 McNair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McNair 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 McNair:
- 29.804114, -95.021595
- 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 McNair
- 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 McNair is near Chambers County and also Liberty 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 Liberty 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 McNair
Communities Also Named McNair ...
We found seven communities that are also named McNair.
Within Texas, the name McNair is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- This McNair is located in Washington County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the north of the McNair that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of McNair.
- Minnesota
- Lake County
- This McNair is located in Lake County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the north of the McNair that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of McNair.
- Mississippi
- Covington County
- This McNair is located in Covington County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McNair that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of McNair.
- Jefferson County
- This McNair is located in Jefferson County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east northeast of the McNair that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of McNair.
- New York
- Livingston 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 New York community of McNair [Livingston County].
- North Carolina
- Richmond 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 North Carolina community of McNair [Richmond County].
- Robeson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of McNair [Robeson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near McNair ...
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.
- Cedar Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bayou
- Channelview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Four Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Gilbert Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Landing is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Landing
- Ginger Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Green is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Green
- Lynchburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Lynchburg Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg Landing is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg Landing
- Quail Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Hollow is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Shadow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shadow Glen is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Glen
How Far From McNair 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 McNair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McNair and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McNair to Houston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,198 miles [1,928 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,791 miles [12,538.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- McNair) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 McNair 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 McNair 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 McNair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8041, Longitude: -95.0216 In this case, the coordinates for McNair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.373 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.263 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.21 degrees. |
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