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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 Sunny Side, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side:
- 29.888561, -96.069125
- 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 Sunny Side
- 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 Waller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waller County
- Since Sunny Side is near Austin County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Austin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Sunny Side
Communities Also Named Sunny Side ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Sunny Side.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Sunny Side.
Beyond Texas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Harris County
- This Sunny Side is located in Harris County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Sunny Side.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Spalding County
- This Sunny Side is located in Spalding County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Sunny Side.
- Kansas
- Montgomery County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunny Side.
- Wichita County
- This community is historic and although located in Wichita County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Sunny Side.
- Missouri
- Wright County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sunny Side [Wright County].
- New Mexico
- Colfax County
- This Sunny Side is located in Colfax County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Sunny Side.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Sunny Side.
- Bedford County
- This Sunny Side is located in Bedford County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km] to the northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Sunny Side.
- South Carolina
- Georgetown County
- This Sunny Side is located in Georgetown County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Sunny Side.
- Tennessee
- Henry County
- This Sunny Side is located in Henry County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Sunny Side.
- Sequatchie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sunny Side [Sequatchie County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sunny Side.
- Virginia
- Buckingham County
- This Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Sunny Side.
- Cumberland County
- This Sunny Side is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km] to the east northeast of the Sunny Side that is located in Waller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sunny Side.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Side ...
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.
- Cat Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Falcon Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon Point is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Point
- Fawn Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fawn Lake is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Lake
- Heritage Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Meadows is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
- Katy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Katy is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <4>
- Katyland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Katyland is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katyland
- Lewisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Peters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Pine Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Island is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
- Prairie View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Raccoon Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raccoon Bend is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Bend
- Whispering Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Lakes is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Lakes
How Far From Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunny Side and extending to:
- Hempstead, which is the Seat of Waller County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Side to Hempstead, with an average speed<5> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,246 miles [2,005.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,831 miles [12,602.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunny Side) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sunny Side, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Sunny Side 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8886, Longitude: -96.0691 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Side have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.061 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.083 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.638 degrees. |
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