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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 Kali - Oka Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kali - Oka Springs 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 Kali - Oka Springs:
- 30.857130, -88.146669
- 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 Kali - Oka Springs
- 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 Kali - Oka Springs is near Pickens County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Kali - Oka Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kali - Oka Springs ...
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.
- Celeste
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Celeste is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Eight Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hatters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hatters is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatters
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Little Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Pines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pines
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Saraland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Trace is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
- Williams Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
How Far From Kali - Oka Springs 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 Kali - Oka Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kali - Oka Springs and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kali - Oka Springs to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 151 miles [243 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,316 miles [8,555.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kali - Oka Springs) 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 Kali - Oka Springs 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 Kali - Oka Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8571, Longitude: -88.1467 In this case, the coordinates for Kali - Oka Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.27 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.611 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.337 degrees. |
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