Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie View and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie View
- 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 Prairie View:
- 30.085052, -95.989523
- 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 Prairie View
- 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 Waller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Waller County
- Since Prairie View is near Harris County and also Austin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- eBird sighting report for Austin 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 Prairie View ...
We found eight communities that share the name Prairie View.
Within Texas, the name Prairie View is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Logan County
- This Prairie View is located in Logan County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Prairie View that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Prairie View.
- Illinois
- Boone County
- This Prairie View is located in Boone County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Prairie View that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Prairie View.
- Lake County
- This Prairie View is located in Lake County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km] to the north northeast of the Prairie View that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Prairie View.
- Kansas
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Prairie View.
- Phillips County
- This Prairie View is located in Phillips County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prairie View that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Prairie View.
- Michigan
- Calhoun County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Prairie View [Calhoun County].
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Prairie View.
- Saskatchewan
- This Prairie View lies 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prairie View that is located in Waller County.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie View ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Waller County
- Daniels
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Fields Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Goodwill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Graball ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Waller County
- Lynn Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Grove
- Lynn Grove is located in Grimes County
- Pine Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Pine Island is located in Waller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
- Raccoon Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raccoon Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bend
- Raccoon Bend is located in Austin County
- Rock Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island is located in Waller County
- Rolling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Waller County
- Sunny Side
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Side have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sunny Side is located in Waller County
- Todd Mission
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
How Far From Prairie View 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 city such as Prairie View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie View and extending to:
- Hempstead, which is the Seat of Waller County, lies just to the West.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie View to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,095 miles [11,418.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,819 miles [12,583.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Waller County: www.co.waller.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0851, Longitude: -95.9895 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Prairie View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Prairie View 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. |
| <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 Prairie View 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 319.038 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.082 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.586 degrees. |