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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 Harrand Creek Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harrand Creek Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Harrand Creek Estates
  • 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 Harrand Creek Estates:
    • 31.336282, -85.820771
    • 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 Harrand Creek 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Harrand Creek Estates is near Dale County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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 Harrand Creek Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harrand Creek 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.

  • Enterprise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Foxhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Foxhill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhill
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Heritage Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Honeysuckle Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Honeysuckle Hills is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hills
  • Indian Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Indian Lakes is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
  • Indian Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Indian Springs is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Indigo
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Indigo is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo
  • Olivers Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Olivers Lake is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Lake
  • Regency Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Regency Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Heights
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shell Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Shell Heights is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Heights
    • Singing Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Singing Brook is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Brook
    • Valley Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Valley Hills is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Willow Bend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Willow Bend is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

How Far From Harrand Creek Estates 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 Harrand Creek 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 Harrand Creek Estates and extending to:

  • Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harrand Creek Estates to Elba, 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 four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,310 miles [11,764.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harrand Creek 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 Harrand Creek 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 Harrand Creek Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3363, Longitude: -85.8208       In this case, the coordinates for Harrand Creek Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.949 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.145 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.368 degrees.