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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 Kirewakra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirewakra 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 Kirewakra:
- 30.433531, -88.176390
- 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 Kirewakra
- 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 Kirewakra is near Jackson County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Kirewakra
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirewakra ...
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.
- Fernland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Grand Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Heron Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heron Bay is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Bay
- Meadow Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Nelson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Pinecrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pinecrest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Quail Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quail Run is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Suburban Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Suburban Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
- Sunny Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Cove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Cove
How Far From Kirewakra 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 Kirewakra to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kirewakra and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kirewakra to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 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- Kirewakra) 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 Kirewakra 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 Kirewakra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4335, Longitude: -88.1764 In this case, the coordinates for Kirewakra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.247 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.526 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.421 degrees. |
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