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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 Bon Acre Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bon Acre Landing 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 Bon Acre Landing:
- 32.286538, -84.924650
- 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 Bon Acre Landing
- 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Since Bon Acre Landing is near Chattahoochee County and also Stewart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart 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 Bon Acre Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bon Acre Landing ...
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.
- Booker Washington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brickyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brickyard is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard
- Cherokee Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Park is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Cottage Mills ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cottage Mills is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mills
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Heard Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heard Place is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Place
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Holly Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Woods is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Woods
- Holy Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Quail Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quail Creek is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sand Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Shack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shack is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shack
- Spring Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Bon Acre Landing 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 community such as Bon Acre Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bon Acre Landing and extending to:
- Phenix City, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bon Acre Landing to Phenix City, with an average speed<2> 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 80 miles [128.7 km] to the west (W). 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 635 miles [1,021.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,228 miles [11,632.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bon Acre Landing) 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 Bon Acre Landing 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 Bon Acre Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2865, Longitude: -84.9246 In this case, the coordinates for Bon Acre Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.493 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.749 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.831 degrees. |
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