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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 San Felipe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Felipe 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 San Felipe:
- 29.793177, -96.101015
- 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 San Felipe
- 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 Austin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Austin County
- Since San Felipe is near Waller County and also Fort Bend County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waller County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend 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 San Felipe
Communities Also Named San Felipe ...
We found four communities that are also named San Felipe.
Within Texas, the name San Felipe is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego County
- This San Felipe is located in San Diego County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the San Felipe that is located in Austin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of San Felipe.
- Santa Clara County
- This San Felipe is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,536 miles [2,472 km] to the west northwest of the San Felipe that is located in Austin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of San Felipe.
- New Mexico
- Sandoval County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of San Felipe [Sandoval County].
- Socorro County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Socorro County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of San Felipe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Felipe ...
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.
- Beard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beard is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Cat Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Falcon Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Falcon Point is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Point
- Fawn Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fawn Lake is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Lake
- Heritage Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Meadows is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- Katy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Katy is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <4>
- Katyland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Katyland is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katyland
- Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Raccoon Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Raccoon Bend is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bend
- Sunny Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Whispering Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whispering Lakes is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Lakes
How Far From San Felipe 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 town such as San Felipe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Felipe and extending to:
- Bellville, which is the Seat of Austin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Felipe to Bellville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,251 miles [2,013.3 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 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,837 miles [12,612.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,713 miles [9,194.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Felipe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 San Felipe 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. |
| <3> | 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 San Felipe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 San Felipe 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 San Felipe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7932, Longitude: -96.1010 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.067 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.078 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.66 degrees. |
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