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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 College Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Woods 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 College Woods:
- 30.798798, -88.121390
- 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 College Woods
- 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 College Woods 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 College Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near College Woods ...
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.
- Chickasaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eight Mile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Little Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Pines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pines
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Plateau
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Saraland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spanish Trace is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
- Summerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Whistler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Whistler is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Williams Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
How Far From College Woods 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 College Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in College Woods and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from College Woods to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 839 miles [1,350.2 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 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,439 miles [11,971.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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 '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- College Woods) 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 College Woods 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 College Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7988, Longitude: -88.1214 In this case, the coordinates for College Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.25 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.337 degrees. |
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