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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 Le Moyne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Le Moyne 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 Le Moyne:
- 30.958238, -88.027777
- 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 Le Moyne
- 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 Le Moyne is near Baldwin County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Le Moyne
Communities Also Named Le Moyne ...
We found three communities that are also named Le Moyne.
Within Alabama, the name Le Moyne is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Le Moyne [Cook County].
- Ohio
- Wood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Le Moyne [Wood County].
- Quebec
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Le Moyne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Le Moyne ...
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.
- Axis
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Axis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
- Bucks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Celeste is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Hatters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hatters is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatters
- Little Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Little Pines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pines
- Liveoak Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Liveoak Landing is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liveoak Landing
- Mud Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mud Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
- Rice Creek Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Creek Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek Landing
- Sand Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
- Saraland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shell Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
- Stage Coach Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stage Coach Woods is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Coach Woods
- Upper Hall Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing
- Williams Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Williams Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
How Far From Le Moyne 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 Le Moyne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Le Moyne and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Le Moyne to Mobile, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 141 miles [226.9 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,428 miles [11,954.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Le Moyne 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Le Moyne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Le Moyne 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 Le Moyne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9582, Longitude: -88.0278 In this case, the coordinates for Le Moyne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.209 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.554 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.274 degrees. |
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