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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 Old River - Winfree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old River - Winfree 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 Old River - Winfree:
- 29.876370, -94.827471
- 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 Old River - Winfree
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since Old River - Winfree is near Liberty County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Old River - Winfree
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old River - Winfree ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cow Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cow Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
- Eminence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eminence is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Ginger Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ginger Green is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Green
- Ladd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ladd is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Quail Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Turtle Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Old River - Winfree 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 city such as Old River - Winfree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old River - Winfree and extending to:
- Anahuac, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old River - Winfree to Anahuac, 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 176 miles [283.2 km] to the west (W). 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 1,186 miles [1,908.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,779 miles [12,519.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old River - Winfree) 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 Old River - Winfree 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 Old River - Winfree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8764, Longitude: -94.8275 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.26 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.139 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.122 degrees. |
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