Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shorewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shorewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shorewood
- 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 Shorewood:
- 30.002400, -95.111900
- 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 Shorewood
- 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 Shorewood is near Liberty County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Shorewood ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Shorewood.
Within Texas, the name Shorewood is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Shorewood is located in DuPage County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shorewood that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Shorewood.
- Kankakee 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 Illinois community of Shorewood [Kankakee County].
- Will County
- This Shorewood is located in Will County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the north northeast of the Shorewood that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Shorewood.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New York
- Schuyler County
- This Shorewood is located in Schuyler County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shorewood that is located in Harris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Shorewood.
- Suffolk 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 York community of Shorewood [Suffolk County].
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shorewood ...
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.
- Elm Grove Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Village
- Elm Grove Village is located in Harris County
- Greentree Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village
- Greentree Village is located in Harris County
- Happy Hideaway
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hideaway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hideaway
- Happy Hideaway is located in Harris County
- Heathergate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathergate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathergate
- Heathergate is located in Harris County
- Hidden Echo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Echo
- Hidden Echo is located in Harris County
- Hunter Ridge Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Ridge Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Ridge Village
- Hunter Ridge Village is located in Harris County
- Kings Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Kings Forest is located in Harris County
- Magnolia Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
- Magnolia Gardens is located in Harris County
- Moonshine Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonshine Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine Hill
- Moonshine Hill is located in Harris County
- Summerwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Summerwood is located in Harris County
- Tall Cedars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Cedars
- Tall Cedars is located in Harris County
- Timber Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Forest
- Timber Forest is located in Harris County
How Far From Shorewood 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 Shorewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shorewood and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shorewood to Houston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west (W). 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 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,785 miles [12,528.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,661 miles [9,110.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shorewood. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shorewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shorewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0024, Longitude: -95.1119 In this case, the coordinates for Shorewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Shorewood 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> | 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. |
| <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 Shorewood 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 318.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.391 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.227 degrees. |