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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 Liveoak Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liveoak Landing 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 Liveoak Landing:
- 30.837130, -88.017498
- 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 Liveoak Landing
- 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 Liveoak Landing 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 Liveoak Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liveoak Landing ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Axis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Celeste is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Chickasaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hatters is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatters
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Little Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Pines is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pines
- Lower Hall Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
- Magazine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Magazine is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Plateau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Sand Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
- Saraland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spanish Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spanish Trace is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Upper Hall Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing
- Whistler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whistler is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Williams Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Heights is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
How Far From Liveoak Landing 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 Liveoak Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Liveoak Landing and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Liveoak Landing to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 146 miles [235 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 833 miles [1,340.6 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 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 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- Liveoak Landing) 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 Liveoak Landing 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 Liveoak Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8371, Longitude: -88.0175 In this case, the coordinates for Liveoak Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.192 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.291 degrees. |
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