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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 Sugar Land, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land:
- 29.598444, -95.622475
- 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 Sugar Land
- 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 Fort Bend County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend County
- Since Sugar Land is near Harris County and also Brazoria 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 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 Sugar Land
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Land ...
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.
- Booth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Fifth Street
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- First Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
- Greatwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
- Greatwood Trails
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greatwood Trails is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Trails
- Greatwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
- Hall Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hall Lake is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Lake
- Harlem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Herbert
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Herbert is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Kings Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kings Landing is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Kingsway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Meadows Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Place
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,813 people
- New Territory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Pheasant Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Creek is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Creek
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Quail Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quail Valley is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
How Far From Sugar Land 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 city such as Sugar Land to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sugar Land and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Fort Bend County, lies just to the West.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Land to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,827 miles [12,596.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,702 miles [9,176.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sugar Land) 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 Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5984, Longitude: -95.6225 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.728 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.654 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.478 degrees. |
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