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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 Houstonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Houstonville 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 Houstonville:
- 30.501861, -87.900270
- 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 Houstonville
- 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 Houstonville 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 Houstonville
Communities Also Named Houstonville ...
We found three communities that are also named Houstonville.
Within Alabama, the name Houstonville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Davie County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Houstonville [Davie County].
- Iredell County
- This Houstonville is located in Iredell County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Houstonville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Houstonville.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Houstonville [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Houstonville ...
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.
- Clay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Darling Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Darling Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling Landing
- Fobbs Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fobbs Ferry is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fobbs Ferry
- Foots Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Foots Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Landing
- Magnolia Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- River Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Park is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
- Seacliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seacliff is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
- Silverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Turkey Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Branch is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Branch
- Yelling Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yelling Settlement is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelling Settlement
How Far From Houstonville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Houstonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Houstonville and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Houstonville to Bay Minette, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 160 miles [257.5 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 845 miles [1,359.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,321 miles [8,563.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Houstonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Houstonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Houstonville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Houstonville 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 Houstonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5019, Longitude: -87.9003 In this case, the coordinates for Houstonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.091 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.354 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.305 degrees. |
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