Getting Around Houston: By public transportation

Currently, public transportation in Houston is limited to METRO which operates bus lines as well as the new and very popular light rail line called METRORail METRORail is a seven and a half mile light rail line that runs between downtown, midtown, the museum district, the Medical Center, Reliant Park, and the Fannin South Park & Ride. Read More »

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Buildings in Harris County, Texas

National Biscuit Company Building, 2 km (1 mile)
Lewis Apartment Building, 2 km (1 mile)
Heights State Bank Building, 3 km (2 miles)
Austin Copeland House I, 4 km (2 miles)
Austin Copeland House II, 4 km (2 miles)
Webber House, 4 km (3 miles)
Henry Hicks McCain House, 4 km (3 miles)
Doctor Billie V Ellis House, 5 km (3 miles)
Ned A and Linda S Eppes House, 5 km (3 miles)
Doctor Penn B Thornton House, 5 km (3 miles)
Seeley G Mudd Computer Science Laboratory, 6 km (3 miles)
Allen Center for Business Activities, 6 km (4 miles)
George R Brown Hall, 6 km (4 miles)
Dell Butcher Hall, 6 km (4 miles)
Rice University Campus Observatory, 6 km (4 miles)
Speros P Martel Center for Continuing Studies, 6 km (4 miles)
Astrodome, 9 km (6 miles)
Harris County Rural Fire Prevention District Number 20 Fire Station, 22 km (14 miles)

Schools in Harris County, Texas

Lee Elementary School, 2 km (1 mile)
Wharton School, 2 km (1 mile)
Wharton Elementary School, 2 km (1 mile)
Lamar School, 2 km (1 mile)
Lamar Elementary School, 2 km (1 mile)
Law Enforcement - Criminal Justice High School, 4 km (2 miles)
Robert Browning School, 4 km (2 miles)
Thomas Jefferson School, 5 km (3 miles)
Wheatley High School, 5 km (3 miles)
Atherton School, 5 km (3 miles)
Austin High School, 5 km (3 miles)
Atherton Elementary School, 5 km (3 miles)
Helms Elementary School, 6 km (4 miles)
Helms School, 6 km (4 miles)
Lamar High School, 6 km (4 miles)
Roosevelt Elementary School, 6 km (4 miles)
Henderson School, 6 km (4 miles)
Henderson J Elementary School, 7 km (4 miles)
Resurrection School, 7 km (4 miles)
Herrera Elementary School, 7 km (4 miles)
Sinclair Elementary School, 7 km (4 miles)
Sinclair School, 7 km (4 miles)
Centripet Project Middle School, 8 km (5 miles)
Medical Center Charter Elementary School, 8 km (5 miles)
Terrell Junior High School, 9 km (5 miles)
Whidby School, 9 km (6 miles)
Whidby Elementary School, 9 km (6 miles)
Durham Elementary School, 9 km (6 miles)
Harris School, 10 km (6 miles)
Attucks Middle School, 10 km (6 miles)
Attucks Junior High School, 10 km (6 miles)
Rogers Junior High School, 11 km (7 miles)
Highland Heights School, 11 km (7 miles)
Highland Heights Elementary School, 11 km (7 miles)
Las Americas Primary School, 12 km (8 miles)
Reynolds Elementary School, 12 km (8 miles)
Smith Elementary School - Houston, 12 km (8 miles)
Reynolds School, 12 km (8 miles)
Lee High School - Houston, 13 km (8 miles)
Lewis School, 14 km (9 miles)
Lewis Elementary School, 14 km (9 miles)
Memorial Drive Elementary School, 14 km (9 miles)
Rhoads Elementary School, 14 km (9 miles)
Ninth Grade Academy, 14 km (9 miles)
Herod Elementary School, 14 km (9 miles)
Herod School, 14 km (9 miles)
Lakewood Elementary School, 15 km (9 miles)
Lakewood School, 15 km (9 miles)
Law Elementary School, 15 km (9 miles)
High Point School - North Forest, 16 km (10 miles)
Smiley School, 16 km (10 miles)
Hidden Valley Elementary School, 16 km (10 miles)
Hidden Valley School, 16 km (10 miles)
Williams School, 16 km (10 miles)
Weaver A Odom Elementary School, 17 km (11 miles)
Neff Elementary School, 17 km (11 miles)
Nitsch Elementary School, 17 km (11 miles)
Revere Middle School, 18 km (11 miles)
Westwood School, 19 km (12 miles)
Audrey Judy Bush Elementary School, 19 km (12 miles)
Welch Middle School, 20 km (12 miles)
Challenger Intermediate School, 20 km (12 miles)
High Point Alternative School - La Porte, 20 km (12 miles)
High Point Alternative School - Sheldon, 20 km (13 miles)
Atkinson Elementary School, 21 km (13 miles)
West Houston Charter School, 22 km (14 miles)
Thornwood Elementary School, 22 km (14 miles)
Dobie High School, 22 km (14 miles)
High Point School North, 23 km (14 miles)

Harris County, Texas

Heights Boulevard Esplanade, 3 km (2 miles)
Hester House, 5 km (3 miles)
The Pavilion on Post Oak, 9 km (6 miles)
The Galleria, 9 km (6 miles)
Highland Heights Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 11 km (7 miles)
Rogers Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 11 km (7 miles)
Rodriguez Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 11 km (7 miles)
Reynolds Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 12 km (8 miles)
Reveille Park Trail, 13 km (8 miles)
Lewis Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 14 km (9 miles)
Restlawn Cemetery, 14 km (9 miles)
Cemetery Beautiful, 14 km (9 miles)
Nob Hill Park Trail, 18 km (11 miles)
White Elementary SPARK Park Trail, 18 km (11 miles)
Central Green, 22 km (14 miles)
Nottingham West, 22 km (14 miles)
Jersey Acres, 22 km (14 miles)

Hospitals in Harris County, Texas

Riverside General Hospital, 4 km (2 miles)
Neuropsychiatric Center of MHMRA of Harris County, 6 km (3 miles)
Heights Hospital, 6 km (4 miles)
Hermann Hospital, 6 km (4 miles)
Doctors Hospital, 10 km (6 miles)

Parks in Harris County, Texas

Astroarena, 10 km (6 miles)
Dodson Lake Park, 10 km (6 miles)
Liberty Park, 11 km (7 miles)
Tanglewood Park, 11 km (7 miles)
Lafayette Park, 11 km (7 miles)
Herman Brown Park, 12 km (7 miles)
Law Park, 12 km (8 miles)
Lakewood Park, 13 km (8 miles)
Sims Bayou Park, 13 km (8 miles)
Highland Park, 13 km (8 miles)
Lake Forest Park, 14 km (9 miles)
Slo-Pitch City Softball Field, 18 km (11 miles)
Nob Hill Park, 18 km (11 miles)
Texas Pride Baseball Training Complex, 20 km (13 miles)
Central Park, 21 km (13 miles)
Henry Park, 22 km (14 miles)

Streams in Harris County, Texas

Rolling Fork, 21 km (13 miles)

Buildings in Brazoria County, Texas

Center Fire Station, 23 km (14 miles)

Schools in Brazoria County, Texas

Leon H Sablatura Middle School, 23 km (15 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Bakhaia in Bangladesh
Balekambang in West Java, Indonesia
Bordes in Departement de la Grand'Anse, Haiti
Cerro Vicupampa, a mountain in Peru
Crow Hollow School (historical), a school in Crawford County, Wisconsin
Excelsior School, a school in Brown County, South Dakota
Gethsemane Baptist Church, a church in Blount County, Alabama
Ghabat al Qom, a forest in Blue Nile State, Sudan
Jabal Katia, a hill in Western Darfur State, Sudan
Jiulongshan in Jiangxi Sheng, China
Kiekama in Prefecture de Guekedou, Guinea
Kon Kidoum in Centre Region, Cameroon
Lac de la Douve, a lake in Quebec
Lincoln Creek, a stream in Elmore County, Idaho
Lubunda, an intermittent stream in Provincia do Cuanza Sul, Angola
Marakkalayagama in Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Mars Hill Crossroads in Dooly County, Georgia
Mededak, a stream in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Na`ur `Ali in Diyala, Iraq
Pereval Vstrechnyy, a pass in Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Petinskiy in Ryazanskaya Oblast', Russia
Riyalthok in Sunaulabazar, Dhading, Bagmati Zone, Central Region, Nepal
Scrawls Ridge, a ridge in Carter County, Tennessee
Sosnovyy Bor in Udmurtskaya Respublika, Russia
Tamotamo in Madagascar
Third Bench, a bench in Teton County, Montana
Trnovska Bara, a marsh in Serbia
Villa Nueva in Departamento de Santander, Colombia
Waimotumotuloa Creek, a stream in Western, Fiji
Ziaba, an intermittent stream in Balochistan, Pakistan
Ziaratgah-e Chubin in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran

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