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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 Preston Villa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Preston Villa 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 Preston Villa:
- 29.692700, -95.171900
- 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 Preston Villa
- 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 Preston Villa is near Galveston County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Galveston County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Preston Villa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Preston Villa ...
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.
- Channelview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverleaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Delldale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Delldale is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delldale
- Galena Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gloverdale is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverdale
- Greens Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bayou
- Greenway Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenway Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Place
- Gulf Palms
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Palms is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Palms
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hidden Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hidden Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Humble Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Humble Camp is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble Camp
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Link Five
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Link Five is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link Five
- Meadow Creek Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadow Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek Village
- Red Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Bluff is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Tarrytown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tarrytown is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
How Far From Preston Villa 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 Preston Villa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Preston Villa and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Preston Villa to Houston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 158 miles [254.3 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,210 miles [1,947.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,803 miles [12,557.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,678 miles [9,137.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Preston Villa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Preston Villa 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 Preston Villa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6927, Longitude: -95.1719 In this case, the coordinates for Preston Villa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.453 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.342 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.283 degrees. |
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