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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 Hobbie Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hobbie Farm 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 Hobbie Farm:
- 32.194032, -86.244688
- 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 Hobbie Farm
- 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 Hobbie Farm is near Lowndes County and also Crenshaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crenshaw 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 Hobbie Farm
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hobbie Farm ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Hope Hull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hunters Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Hunting Downs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Downs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Downs
- Perry's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Perry's Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry's Mill
- Pike Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Needles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Needles is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Red Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Regency Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Regency Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Forest
- Regency Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Regency Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Robinson Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
- Rolling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rolling Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Lakes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Lakes
- Spring Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Teasleys Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Teasleys Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasleys Mill
- Valley Whispers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Valley Whispers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Whispers
How Far From Hobbie Farm 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 Hobbie Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hobbie Farm and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hobbie Farm to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,171 miles [8,321.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hobbie Farm) 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 Hobbie Farm 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 Hobbie Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1940, Longitude: -86.2447 In this case, the coordinates for Hobbie Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.258 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.355 degrees. |
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