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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 Dawes Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawes Point 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 Dawes Point:
- 30.636303, -88.253616
- 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 Dawes Point
- 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 Dawes Point is near Jackson County and also George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for George 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 Dawes Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawes Point ...
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.
- Cottage Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cottage Hill is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Edgefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Edgefield is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Meadow Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Park Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Pine Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Run is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
- Ponderosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ponderosa is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Quail Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Run is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Regency
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Regency is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
- Scenic Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scenic Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Seven Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seven Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Suburban Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Suburban Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
- Sugar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sunset Ranch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunset Ranch is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ranch
- Timbers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timbers is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers
How Far From Dawes Point 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 Dawes Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dawes Point and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dawes Point to Mobile, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 853 miles [1,372.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dawes Point) 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 Dawes Point 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 Dawes Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6363, Longitude: -88.2536 In this case, the coordinates for Dawes Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.312 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.63 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.416 degrees. |
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