Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mims, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mims and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mims
- 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 Mims:
- 29.087188, -95.287158
- 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 Mims
- 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 Brazoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brazoria County
- Since Mims is near Galveston County and also Matagorda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Galveston County
- eBird sighting report for Matagorda 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 Mims ...
We found six communities that share the name Mims.
Within Texas, the name Mims is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Mims [Jefferson County].
- Monroe 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 Alabama community of Mims [Monroe County].
- Florida
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mims ...
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.
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <5>
- Gulf Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Jones Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Jones Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,062 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jones Creek <5>
- Lake Barbara
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Barbara have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barbara
- Lake Barbara is located in Brazoria County
- Oyster Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
- Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Red Fish Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Fish Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fish Cove
- Red Fish Cove is located in Galveston County
- Richwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Richwood is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,015 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <5>
- Snipe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Surfside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Surfside Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surfside Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside Beach
- Surfside Beach is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surfside Beach <5>
How Far From Mims 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 Mims to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mims and extending to:
- Angleton, which is the Seat of Brazoria County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mims to Angleton, with an average speed<6> 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 168 miles [270.4 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 1,241 miles [1,997.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,837 miles [12,612.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mims. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/
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 Mims 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mims) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mims. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0872, Longitude: -95.2872 In this case, the coordinates for Mims have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mims, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mims to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.435 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.243 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.387 degrees. |