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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 Orange Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orange Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Orange Grove:
    • 29.891200, -95.327100
    • 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 Orange Grove
  • 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 Orange Grove is near Montgomery County and also Brazoria 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 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 Orange Grove

Communities Also Named Orange Grove ...

We found eight communities that are also named Orange Grove.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Orange Grove.

Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Jim Wells County
      • This Orange Grove is located in Jim Wells County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange Grove that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Orange Grove.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Orange Grove [Plaquemines Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Orange Grove [Baltimore County].
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Orange Grove [Howard County].
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This Orange Grove is located in Harrison County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the east of the Orange Grove that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Orange Grove.
      • Jackson County
      • This Orange Grove is located in Jackson County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east of the Orange Grove that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Orange Grove.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Orange Grove is located in Orange County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orange Grove that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange Grove.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Orange Grove that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Orange Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange Grove ...

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.

  • Airline Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Airline Farms is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Farms
  • Airline Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Airline Terrace is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Terrace
  • Chatwood Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chatwood Place is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatwood Place
  • Fair Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fair Green is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Green
  • Fountain View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fountain View is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
  • Greenbranch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenbranch is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbranch
  • Greenwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Hardy Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hardy Heights is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Heights
  • Imperial Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Imperial Valley is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Valley
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lincoln City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln City is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln City
    • North Shadydale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • North Shadydale is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shadydale
    • Rosedale Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosedale Gardens is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Gardens
    • Scenic Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Scenic Woods is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
    • Shady Timbers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shady Timbers is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Timbers
    • Spears Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spears Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Village

How Far From Orange Grove 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 Orange Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Orange Grove to Houston, with an average speed<4> 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 146 miles [235 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,800 miles [12,552.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orange Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Orange Grove 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.
<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 Orange Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Orange Grove 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 Orange Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8912, Longitude: -95.3271       In this case, the coordinates for Orange Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.582 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.52 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.327 degrees.