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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 Stowell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stowell 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 Stowell:
- 29.789897, -94.383233
- 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 Stowell
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since Stowell is near Jefferson County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Stowell
Communities Also Named Stowell ...
We found five communities that are also named Stowell.
Within Texas, the name Stowell is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Santa Barbara 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 California community of Stowell [Santa Barbara County].
- Kansas
- Hamilton 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 Kansas community of Stowell [Hamilton County].
- Pennsylvania
- Wyoming County
- This Stowell is located in Wyoming County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stowell that is located in Chambers County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Stowell.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Stowell [Milwaukee County].
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stowell [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stowell ...
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.
- Cheek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheek
- China
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Eminence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eminence is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Figridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Figridge is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figridge
- High Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sea Breeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sea Breeze is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Turtle Bayou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Winnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Stowell 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 Stowell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stowell and extending to:
- Anahuac, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Stowell to Anahuac, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,168 miles [1,879.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,764 miles [12,494.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,639 miles [9,075.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Stowell 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stowell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stowell 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 Stowell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7899, Longitude: -94.3832 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.781 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.949 degrees. |
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