Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rye and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rye
- 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 Rye:
- 30.729363, -96.490244
- 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 Rye
- 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 Brazos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brazos County
- Since Rye is near Robertson County and also Burleson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- eBird sighting report for Burleson 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 Rye ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Rye.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Rye.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Liberty County
- Scurry County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ontario
- This Rye lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rye that is located in Brazos County.
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong 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 Pennsylvania community of Rye [Armstrong County].
- York County
- This Rye is located in York County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rye that is located in Brazos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Rye.
- Washington
- Clark County
- This Rye is located in Clark County and lies 1,740 miles [2,800.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rye that is located in Brazos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Rye.
- Kittitas County
- This Rye is located in Kittitas County and lies 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km] to the northwest of the Rye that is located in Brazos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Rye.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rye ...
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.
- Black Jack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Bryan is located in Brazos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <5>
- Cooks Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Brazos County
- Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Goodwill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Hix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Mooring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Mudville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Spear
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Steep Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steep Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Hollow
- Steep Hollow is located in Brazos County
- Stone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Valley Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Robertson County
How Far From Rye to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Rye once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Rye and extending to:
- Bryan, which is the Seat of Brazos County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rye to Austin, with an average speed<6>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,808 miles [12,565.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brazos County: www.co.brazos.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rye) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7294, Longitude: -96.4902 In this case, the coordinates for Rye 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 Rye, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Rye 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'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 Rye 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 319.46 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.66 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.738 degrees. |