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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 Sheldon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sheldon Park 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 Sheldon Park:
- 29.855400, -95.146100
- 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 Sheldon Park
- 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 Sheldon Park is near Chambers County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Sheldon Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheldon Park ...
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.
- Channelview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chatwood Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chatwood Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatwood Place
- Cloverleaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delldale is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delldale
- Gilbert Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert Landing is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Landing
- Greensbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greensbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensbrook
- Hidden Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Magnolia Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Gardens is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
- Pine Trails
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Trails is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Trails
- Royalwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Royalwood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalwood
- Shadow Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shadow Glen is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Glen
- Summerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summerwood is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Winterwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winterwood Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood Village
- Wood Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Forest
How Far From Sheldon Park 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 Sheldon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sheldon Park and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sheldon Park 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 157 miles [252.7 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 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,794 miles [12,543.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Sheldon Park) 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 Sheldon Park 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 Sheldon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8554, Longitude: -95.1461 In this case, the coordinates for Sheldon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.46 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.372 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.256 degrees. |
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