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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 Simmons Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Simmons Bottom 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 Simmons Bottom:
- 30.157158, -94.885481
- 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 Simmons Bottom
- 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since Simmons Bottom is near Harris County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Simmons Bottom
Curious and Interesting Names Near Simmons Bottom ...
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.
- Ducat Settlement
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ducat Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Settlement
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Grand Cane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Cane is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Cane
- Gum Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Jacob Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Settlement
- Ladd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ladd is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martha
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martha is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Plum Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Rock Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Sam Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sam Houston is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Houston
- Tanner Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tanner Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Settlement
How Far From Simmons Bottom to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Simmons Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Simmons Bottom and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Simmons Bottom to Liberty, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,643 miles [9,081.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Simmons Bottom) 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 Simmons Bottom 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 Simmons Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1572, Longitude: -94.8855 In this case, the coordinates for Simmons Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.337 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.266 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.117 degrees. |
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