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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 Parkway Villages, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkway Villages 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 Parkway Villages:
- 29.762600, -95.626800
- 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 Parkway Villages
- 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 Parkway Villages is near Fort Bend County and also Waller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waller 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 Parkway Villages
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkway Villages ...
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.
- Frosttown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frosttown is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosttown
- Gay Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gay Wood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Wood
- Meadow Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Walk is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Walk
- Memorial Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Bend is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Bend
- Memorial Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Grove
- Memorial Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memorial Hollow is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Hollow
- Memorial Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memorial Pines is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Pines
- Memorial Plaza
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Plaza is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Plaza
- Memorial Thicket
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Memorial Thicket is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Thicket
- Mission Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Park Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Pheasant Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pheasant Run is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rodeo Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rodeo Square is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeo Square
- Rustling Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rustling Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustling Oaks
- Shadow Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shadow Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Oaks
- Shepherd Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shepherd Trace is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Trace
- Timber Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Oaks
- Walnut Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Bend is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend
- Yorkshire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
How Far From Parkway Villages 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 Parkway Villages to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Parkway Villages and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Parkway Villages to Houston, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 131 miles [210.8 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,229 miles [1,977.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,819 miles [12,583.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Parkway Villages) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Parkway Villages 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 Parkway Villages. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7626, Longitude: -95.6268 In this case, the coordinates for Parkway Villages have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.756 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.708 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.464 degrees. |
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