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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 Barry Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barry Village 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 Barry Village:
    • 30.998792, -88.026943
    • 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 Barry Village
  • 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 Mobile County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
    • Since Barry Village is near Baldwin County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Barry Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barry Village ...

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.

  • Axis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Axis is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
  • Bucks
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Celeste
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Celeste is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
  • Hatters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hatters is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatters
  • Island Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Island Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Landing
  • Little Pines
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Little Pines is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pines
  • Liveoak Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Liveoak Landing is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liveoak Landing
  • Mud Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mud Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
  • Nelson Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nelson Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Landing
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rice Creek Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rice Creek Landing is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek Landing
    • Sand Landing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
    • Shell Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Landing is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
    • Stage Coach Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Stage Coach Woods is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Coach Woods
    • Upper Hall Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing
    • Williams Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Williams Heights is located in Mobile County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights

How Far From Barry Village 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 Barry Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Barry Village to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,426 miles [11,951 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,304 miles [8,536 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barry Village) 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 Barry Village 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 Barry Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9988, Longitude: -88.0269       In this case, the coordinates for Barry Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.212 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.563 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.266 degrees.