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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 Pumpkin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pumpkin 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 Pumpkin:
- 30.547423, -95.284107
- 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 Pumpkin
- 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 San Jacinto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Jacinto County
- Since Pumpkin is near Walker County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Pumpkin
Communities Also Named Pumpkin ...
We found one communities that are also named Pumpkin.
Within Texas, the name Pumpkin is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Pumpkin in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Paulding County
- This Pumpkin is located in Paulding County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pumpkin that is located in San Jacinto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Pumpkin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pumpkin ...
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.
- Coldspring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Liberty Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Magnolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Snow Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Willow Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Wolf Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Pumpkin 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 Pumpkin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pumpkin and extending to:
- Coldspring, which is the Seat of San Jacinto County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pumpkin to Coldspring, with an average speed<3> 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 147 miles [236.6 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 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,642 miles [9,079.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pumpkin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pumpkin 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 Pumpkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5474, Longitude: -95.2841 In this case, the coordinates for Pumpkin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.648 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.683 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.243 degrees. |
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