Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 New Colony:
  • 33.047909, -94.299080
  • 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 New Colony

• 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
  • Since New Colony is near Marion County and also Miller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller 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 New Colony

Communities Also Named New Colony ...

We found one communities that are also named New Colony.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named New Colony.

Beyond Texas.

• Communities Located In Texas ...
  • Bell County
    • This New Colony is located in Bell County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Colony that is located in Cass County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of New Colony.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Colony ...

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.

• Caves Spring
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Caves Spring is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caves Spring
• Evans
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Evans is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
• Gum Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gum Springs is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
• Kildare
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Kildare is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kildare <2>
• Oak Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pleasant Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Red Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Roach
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Roach is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Colony and extending to:

• Linden, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from New Colony to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,480 miles [8,819.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'