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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 Buzbee Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buzbee 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 Buzbee Landing:
- 30.702412, -87.897772
- 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 Buzbee 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Since Buzbee Landing is near Mobile County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 Buzbee Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buzbee 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.
- Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Holly Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Hills is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Hurricane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Live Oak Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
- Lower Hall Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
- Magazine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Magazine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Military Bridge Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Park City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Spanish Fort
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Steam Mill Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Steam Mill Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill Landing
- Steelwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Steelwood is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelwood
- Whitehouse Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Yelling Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yelling Settlement is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelling Settlement
How Far From Buzbee 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 Buzbee Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buzbee Landing and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buzbee Landing to Bay Minette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 149 miles [239.8 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 835 miles [1,343.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,312 miles [8,548.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buzbee Landing) 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 Buzbee 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 Buzbee Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7024, Longitude: -87.8978 In this case, the coordinates for Buzbee Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.108 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.402 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.269 degrees. |
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