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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 Timber Grove Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timber Grove Manor and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Timber Grove Manor:
    • 29.798200, -95.430000
    • 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 Timber Grove Manor
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
    • Since Timber Grove Manor is near Fort Bend County and also Brazoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fort Bend 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 Timber Grove Manor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Timber Grove Manor ...

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.

  • Candlelight
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Candlelight is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
  • City of Spring Valley Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Forest Pine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Pine is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Pine
  • Garden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Garden Oaks is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
  • Glen Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glen Park is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
  • Holly Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holly Park is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
  • Houston Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Houston Heights is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
  • Hunters Creek Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Lincoln City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln City is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln City
  • Monarch Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Monarch Oaks is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Oaks
  • Pine Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pine Terrace is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
  • Piney Point Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Point Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,416 people
    • Piney Point Village has also been known as:
    • Piney Point
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piney Point Village <1>
  • Spring Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Spring Oaks is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Oaks
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Spring Valley is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

How Far From Timber Grove Manor 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 Timber Grove Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Timber Grove Manor and extending to:

  • Houston, which is the Seat of Harris County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Timber Grove Manor 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 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,809 miles [12,567.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Timber Grove Manor) 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 Timber Grove Manor 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 Timber Grove Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7982, Longitude: -95.4300       In this case, the coordinates for Timber Grove Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.634 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.569 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.379 degrees.