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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 Doral Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doral Estates 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 Doral Estates:
- 32.248198, -86.218020
- 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 Doral Estates
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Doral Estates is near Elmore County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Doral Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doral Estates ...
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.
- Cross Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Executive Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Executive Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Park
- Hobbie Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hobbie Farm is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie Farm
- Hunters Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Lynndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynndale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Perry's Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perry's Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry's Mill
- Pike Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Regency Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Regency Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Forest
- Regency Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Regency Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Lakes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Lakes
- Spring Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Valley Whispers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Whispers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Whispers
How Far From Doral Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Doral Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doral Estates and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Doral Estates to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,167 miles [8,315.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doral Estates) 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 Doral Estates 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 Doral Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2482, Longitude: -86.2180 In this case, the coordinates for Doral Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.614 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.333 degrees. |
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