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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 Half Acre Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Half Acre 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 Half Acre Estates:
- 34.464533, -86.279705
- 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 Half Acre 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Half Acre Estates is near Madison County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Half Acre Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Half Acre 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.
- Bucksnort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Claysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cottonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Glen Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Haven is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Henryville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Holiday Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Shores is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
- Honeycomb Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Honeycomb Park is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycomb Park
- Keel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Playground Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Playground Shores is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playground Shores
How Far From Half Acre Estates 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 Half Acre 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 Half Acre Estates and extending to:
- Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the South.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Half Acre Estates to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Half Acre 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 Half Acre 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 Half Acre Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4645, Longitude: -86.2797 In this case, the coordinates for Half Acre Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.414 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.116 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.876 degrees. |
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