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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 Pittsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pittsville 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 Pittsville:
    • 30.063830, -95.242989
    • 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 Pittsville
  • 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 Pittsville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Pittsville.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Pittsville.

Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Fort Bend County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Fort Bend County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Pittsville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Pittsville [Cherokee County].
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Pittsville is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Pittsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Pittsville.
    • Missouri
      • Johnson County
      • This Pittsville is located in Johnson County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<3> to the north of the Pittsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Pittsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Pittsville is located in Venango County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<3> to the northeast of the Pittsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Pittsville.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Pittsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Pittsville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Wood County
      • This Pittsville is located in Wood County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pittsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Pittsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pittsville ...

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.

  • Bordersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordersville
    • Bordersville is located in Harris County
  • Elm Grove Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Village
    • Elm Grove Village is located in Harris County
  • Foxwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
    • Foxwood is located in Harris County
  • Greentree Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village
    • Greentree Village is located in Harris County
  • Humble
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hunter Ridge Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Ridge Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Ridge Village
    • Hunter Ridge Village is located in Harris County
  • Intercontinental Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Intercontinental Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercontinental Village
    • Intercontinental Village is located in Harris County
  • Kings Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Kings Forest is located in Harris County
  • Kingwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
    • Kingwood is located in Harris County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingwood <5>
  • Moonshine Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonshine Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine Hill
    • Moonshine Hill is located in Harris County

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

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

  • Conroe, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pittsville to Conroe, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 149 miles [239.8 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 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,788 miles [12,533.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,663 miles [9,113.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pittsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Pittsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Pittsville 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>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- Pittsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pittsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0638, Longitude: -95.2430       In this case, the coordinates for Pittsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Pittsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.553 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.508 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.275 degrees.




 

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