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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 Galloway Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Galloway Landing 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 Galloway Landing:
- 30.610749, -88.391123
- 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 Galloway Landing
- 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 Galloway Landing 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 Galloway Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Galloway Landing ...
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.
- Big Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Dickens Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dickens Ferry is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens Ferry
- Seven Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Slaughter Flat Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughter Flat Landing is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Flat Landing
- Tanner Williams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tanner Williams is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Williams
- Tanners Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tanners Ferry is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Ferry
- Union Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Church is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
How Far From Galloway Landing 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 Galloway Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Galloway Landing and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Galloway Landing to Mobile, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 173 miles [278.4 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 860 miles [1,384 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two 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 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 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- Galloway Landing) 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 Galloway Landing 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 Galloway Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6107, Longitude: -88.3911 In this case, the coordinates for Galloway Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.391 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.718 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.472 degrees. |
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