Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Boland Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boland Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Boland Acres

• 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 Boland Acres:
  • 31.368781, -85.840217
  • 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 Boland Acres

• 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Since Boland Acres is near Dale County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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 Boland Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boland Acres ...

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.

• Enterprise
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Enterprise is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,997 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <1>
• Forest Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Forest Park is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Foxhill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Foxhill is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhill
• Heritage Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Heritage Heights is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
• Hillcrest
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Honeysuckle Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Honeysuckle Hills is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hills
• Indian Lakes
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Indian Lakes is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
• Indian Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Springs is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
• Indigo
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Indigo is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo
• Olivers Lake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Olivers Lake is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Lake
• Regency Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Regency Heights is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Heights
• Shell Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Shell Heights is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Heights
• Valley Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Valley Hills is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
• Willow Bend
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow Bend is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

How Far From Boland Acres 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 Boland Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boland Acres to Elba, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 718 miles [1,155.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'