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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkway 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:
    • 29.855400, -95.216300
    • 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
  • 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 is near Montgomery County and also Chambers 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 Chambers 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

Communities Also Named Parkway ...

We found nine communities that are also named Parkway.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Parkway.

Beyond Texas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • San Augustine County
      • This Parkway is located in San Augustine County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Augustine County community of Parkway.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Parkway is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Parkway.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • 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 Illinois community of Parkway [Cook County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Parkway is located in Lee County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Parkway.
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This Parkway is located in Franklin County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Parkway.
      • Jackson County
      • 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 Missouri community of Parkway [Jackson County].
    • New York
      • Bronx County
      • 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 New York community of Parkway [Bronx County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Parkway is located in Wake County and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Parkway.
    • Ontario
      • This Parkway lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkway that is located in Harris County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkway ...

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.

  • Chatwood Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chatwood Place is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatwood Place
  • Cloverleaf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • El Dorado
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • El Dorado is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • Greensbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greensbrook is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensbrook
  • Hidden Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hidden Forest is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
  • North Shadydale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Shadydale is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shadydale
  • Pine Trails
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Trails is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Trails
  • Rosedale Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale Gardens is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Gardens
  • Royalwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Royalwood is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalwood
  • Scenic Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Scenic Woods is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
  • Songwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Songwood is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Songwood
  • Summerwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Summerwood is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
  • Winterwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Winterwood Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood Village
  • Wood Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wood Forest is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Forest

How Far From Parkway to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Parkway 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 153 miles [246.2 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 1,206 miles [1,940.9 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 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,797 miles [12,548.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,672 miles [9,128.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkway) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Parkway 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Parkway 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8554, Longitude: -95.2163       In this case, the coordinates for Parkway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.505 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.425 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.285 degrees.