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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 Executive Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Executive Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Executive Park:
    • 32.332640, -86.236633
    • 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 Executive Park
  • 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 Executive Park is near Elmore County and also Autauga 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 Autauga 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 Executive Park

Communities Also Named Executive Park ...

We found two communities that are also named Executive Park.

Within Alabama, the name Executive Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Executive Park [DeKalb County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Executive Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Executive Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Executive Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Executive Park ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Gay Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gay Meadows is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Meadows
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Grove Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Hunters Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hunters Point is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
  • Lakeview Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lynndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lynndale is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
  • Regency Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Regency Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Forest
  • Regency Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Regency Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
  • Rosemary
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rosemary is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
  • Spring Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Valley Whispers
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Whispers is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Whispers
    • Wildwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Wildwood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Young Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Young Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place

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

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

  • Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Executive Park to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Executive Park 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Executive Park) 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 Executive Park 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 Executive Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3326, Longitude: -86.2366       In this case, the coordinates for Executive Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.263 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.323 degrees.