Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fort McDermott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort McDermott and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fort McDermott

• 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 Fort McDermott:
  • 30.670746, -87.917217
  • 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 Fort McDermott

• 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
  • Since Fort McDermott is near Mobile County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 Fort McDermott

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort McDermott ...

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.

• Buzbee Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Buzbee Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzbee Landing
• Live Oak Landing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
• Magazine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Magazine is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
• Military Bridge Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Military Bridge Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Bridge Landing
• Park City
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Park City is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
• Plateau
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Plateau is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
• Seacliff
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Seacliff is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
• Spanish Fort
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Estimated population in 2015: 8,065 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fort <1>
• Steam Mill Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Steam Mill Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill Landing
• Steelwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Steelwood is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelwood
• Yelling Settlement
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Yelling Settlement is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelling Settlement

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort McDermott and extending to:

• Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort McDermott to Bay Minette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 837 miles [1,347 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 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,435 miles [11,965.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'