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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 North Houston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Houston 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 North Houston:
- 29.925501, -95.515219
- 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 North Houston
- 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 North Houston is near Montgomery County and also Fort Bend County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend 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 North Houston
Communities Also Named North Houston ...
We found one communities that are also named North Houston.
Within Texas, the name North Houston is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named North Houston in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Shelby 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 Ohio community of North Houston [Shelby County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Houston ...
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.
- Champion Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Champion Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Park
- Champions East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Champions East is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champions East
- Champions Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Champions Point is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champions Point
- Cutten Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cutten Green is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutten Green
- Cypress Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cypress Glen is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Glen
- Deco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fountainhead is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainhead
- Garden City Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
- Gum Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Valley is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Valley
- Harvest Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harvest Meadows is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Meadows
- Recreation Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Recreation Farms is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recreation Farms
- Ridge Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridge Point is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Tallowwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallowwood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowwood
- Turtle Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turtle Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Willowood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willowood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowood
- Woodland Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Oaks
- Woodland Trails North
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From North Houston 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 North Houston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in North Houston and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Houston to Houston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,806 miles [12,562.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 North Houston 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- North Houston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North Houston 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 North Houston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9255, Longitude: -95.5152 In this case, the coordinates for North Houston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.708 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.673 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.402 degrees. |
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