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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 Boligee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boligee 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 Boligee:
- 32.757297, -88.029292
- 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 Boligee
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Boligee is near Sumter County and also Hale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale 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 Boligee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boligee ...
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.
- Braggville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Braggville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Hillman Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillman Ferry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Ferry
- Lizzieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lukes Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lukes Landing is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Landing
- Rocky Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Thornhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thornhill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
How Far From Boligee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Boligee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Boligee and extending to:
- Eutaw, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boligee to Eutaw, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boligee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Boligee 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 Boligee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7573, Longitude: -88.0293 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.363 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.978 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.943 degrees. |
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