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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 Lott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lott 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 Lott:
- 30.811298, -88.251395
- 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 Lott
- 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 Lott is near George County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Lott
Communities Also Named Lott ...
We found four communities that are also named Lott.
Within Alabama, the name Lott is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton 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 Kansas community of Lott [Barton County].
- Michigan
- Alcona 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 Michigan community of Lott [Alcona County].
- Texas
- Falls County
- This Lott is located in Falls County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the west of the Lott that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Lott.
- Washington 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 Texas community of Lott [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lott ...
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.
- Deerwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deerwood is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Eight Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Park Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Park Forest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Ponderosa
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ponderosa is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Scenic Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scenic Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Spanish Trace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spanish Trace is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
How Far From Lott to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lott and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lott to Mobile, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 157 miles [252.7 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 844 miles [1,358.3 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,444 miles [11,980 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,323 miles [8,566.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Lott 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lott 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 Lott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8113, Longitude: -88.2514 In this case, the coordinates for Lott have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.328 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.672 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.385 degrees. |
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