Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rosedale Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosedale Gardens and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rosedale Gardens
- 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 Rosedale Gardens:
- 29.838300, -95.291400
- 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 Rosedale Gardens
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Since Rosedale Gardens is near Montgomery County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rosedale Gardens ...
We found one communities that share the name Rosedale Gardens.
Within Texas, the name Rosedale Gardens is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Rosedale Gardens in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rosedale Gardens [Wayne County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosedale Gardens ...
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 east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatwood Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatwood Place
- Chatwood Place is located in Harris County
- El Dorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Fair Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Green
- Fair Green is located in Harris County
- Glen Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Greensbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensbrook
- Greensbrook is located in Harris County
- Greenwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood Village is located in Harris County
- Hardy Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Heights
- Hardy Heights is located in Harris County
- North Shadydale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Shadydale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shadydale
- North Shadydale is located in Harris County
- Orange Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Orange Grove is located in Harris County
- Pine Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Trails
- Pine Trails is located in Harris County
- Scenic Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
- Scenic Woods is located in Harris County
- Shady Timbers
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Timbers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Timbers
- Shady Timbers is located in Harris County
- Songwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Winterwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood Village
- Winterwood Village is located in Harris County
How Far From Rosedale Gardens 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 Rosedale Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rosedale Gardens and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Rosedale Gardens to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,801 miles [12,554.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rosedale Gardens. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harris County: www.co.harris.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rosedale Gardens 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Rosedale Gardens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosedale Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8383, Longitude: -95.2914 In this case, the coordinates for Rosedale Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rosedale Gardens to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.551 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.477 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.318 degrees. |