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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 Scarsdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scarsdale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Scarsdale:
    • 29.590700, -95.197100
    • 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 Scarsdale
  • 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 Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale

Communities Also Named Scarsdale ...

We found five communities that are also named Scarsdale.

Within Texas, the name Scarsdale is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Scarsdale [Cook County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<2> to the east of the Scarsdale that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Scarsdale.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Scarsdale is located in Westchester County and lies 1,434 miles [2,307.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scarsdale that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Scarsdale.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Scarsdale is located in Wake County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Scarsdale that is located in Harris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Scarsdale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Scarsdale lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scarsdale that is located in Harris County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scarsdale ...

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.

  • Clear Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clear Lake is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Dixie Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie Hollow is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Hollow
  • Enchanted Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Enchanted Woods is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Woods
  • Forest Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Forest Green is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
  • Friendswood Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Friendswood Gardens is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood Gardens
  • Gulf Palms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gulf Palms is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Palms
  • Heritage Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Green is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Green
  • Highland Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Highland Meadows is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Humble Camp
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Humble Camp is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble Camp
  • Imperial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Imperial Gardens is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Gardens
  • Longwood Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Longwood Park is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Park
  • Melody Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Melody Wood is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Wood
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Orchard
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Orchard is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
    • Pineshadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pineshadows is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineshadows
    • Pipers Meadow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pipers Meadow is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Meadow
    • Quaker Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Quaker Landing is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Landing
    • Quaker Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
    • Regal Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Regal Oaks is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal Oaks
    • Riverwalk
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Riverwalk is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwalk
    • Rustic Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rustic Oaks is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks
    • Shadycrest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shadycrest is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadycrest
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Sun Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Sunset Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Meadows is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Meadows

How Far From Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scarsdale and extending to:

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scarsdale to Houston, with an average speed<3> 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 159 miles [255.9 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 1,216 miles [1,957 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 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,809 miles [12,567.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Scarsdale 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Scarsdale) 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 Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5907, Longitude: -95.1971       In this case, the coordinates for Scarsdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.454 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.33 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.303 degrees.