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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawes 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:
    • 30.607693, -88.255283
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Dawes ...

We found six communities that are also named Dawes.

Within Alabama, the name Dawes is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Dawes is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dawes that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Dawes.
    • Illinois
      • Perry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dawes [Perry County].
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dawes [Washington County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Dawes is located in Ottawa County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dawes that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Dawes.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dawes [Harris County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Dawes is located in Kanawha County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Dawes that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Dawes.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawes ...

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.

  • Edgefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgefield is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Meadow Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Pine Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
  • Quail Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Regency
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Regency is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
  • Seven Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Seven Hills is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
  • Suburban Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Suburban Heights is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
  • Sugar Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Timbers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Timbers is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers
  • Union Church
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Church is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church

How Far From Dawes 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 Dawes to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dawes and extending to:

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dawes to Mobile, with an average speed<3> 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 167 miles [268.8 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 854 miles [1,374.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,752 miles [10,866.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Dawes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dawes could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Dawes 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6077, Longitude: -88.2553       In this case, the coordinates for Dawes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.31 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.624 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.421 degrees.