Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Palmetto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmetto and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Palmetto
- 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 Palmetto:
- 29.535791, -95.466331
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Palmetto
- 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 Fort Bend County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- Since Palmetto is near Harris County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Palmetto ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Palmetto.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Palmetto.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Palmetto is located in Fulton County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Palmetto that is located in Fort Bend County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Palmetto.
- Oglethorpe County
- This Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the east northeast of the Palmetto that is located in Fort Bend County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglethorpe County community of Palmetto.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Palmetto is located in Bossier Parish and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Palmetto that is located in Fort Bend County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Palmetto.
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Palmetto is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the east northeast of the Palmetto that is located in Fort Bend County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Palmetto.
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmetto ...
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.
- Duke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Fairway Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Fifth Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fifth Street have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Glen Iris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Hobby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Hunters Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Hunters Glen is located in Fort Bend County
- Iowa Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
- Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
- Kingsway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Main Street Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Main Street Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main Street Gardens
- Main Street Gardens is located in Harris County
- Meadowview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Brazoria County
- Post Oak Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
- Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
- Quail Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Glen
- Quail Glen is located in Fort Bend County
- Quail Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Quail Valley is located in Fort Bend County
- Tiffany Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffany Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Gardens
- Tiffany Gardens is located in Harris County
How Far From Palmetto 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 community such as Palmetto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmetto and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Fort Bend County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Palmetto to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 1,231 miles [1,981.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,103 miles [11,431.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Palmetto. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fort Bend County: www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Palmetto 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> | 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- Palmetto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palmetto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5358, Longitude: -95.4663 In this case, the coordinates for Palmetto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Palmetto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Palmetto to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.517 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.419 degrees. |