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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 Newgulf Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newgulf Junction 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 Newgulf Junction:
- 29.234138, -95.919676
- 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 Newgulf Junction
- 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 Wharton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wharton County
- Since Newgulf Junction is near Matagorda County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Matagorda County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brazoria 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 Newgulf Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newgulf Junction ...
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.
- Burr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burr is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Guy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lane City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Magnet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnet is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Needville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pledger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Matagorda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
How Far From Newgulf Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newgulf Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Newgulf Junction and extending to:
- Wharton, which is the Seat of Wharton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newgulf Junction to Wharton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,857 miles [12,644.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newgulf Junction) 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 Newgulf Junction 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 Newgulf Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2341, Longitude: -95.9197 In this case, the coordinates for Newgulf Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.864 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.767 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.634 degrees. |
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