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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 Winnie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winnie 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 Winnie:
- 29.820221, -94.384078
- 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 Winnie
- 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 Winnie 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 Winnie
Communities Also Named Winnie ...
We found two communities that are also named Winnie.
Within Texas, the name Winnie is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Bladen 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 North Carolina community of Winnie [Bladen County].
- Virginia
- Nottoway County
- This Winnie is located in Nottoway County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Winnie that is located in Chambers County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nottoway County community of Winnie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winnie ...
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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cheek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheek
- China
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Figridge is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figridge
- High Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hogpen Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hogpen Crossing is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogpen Crossing
- Pine Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Sea Breeze
(7 miles [11.3 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)
- Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
- Whiskey Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Whiskey Ford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Ford
How Far From Winnie 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 Winnie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winnie 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 Winnie 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 1,167 miles [1,878.1 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 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,763 miles [12,493.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,638 miles [9,073.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Winnie 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- Winnie) 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 Winnie 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 Winnie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8202, Longitude: -94.3841 In this case, the coordinates for Winnie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.969 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.791 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.946 degrees. |
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