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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 Mobile Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mobile Heights 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 Mobile Heights:
- 32.347361, -86.334414
- 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 Mobile Heights
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Mobile Heights is near Elmore County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga 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 Mobile Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mobile Heights ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cross Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- English Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Gay Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gay Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Meadows
- Grove Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Grovewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- King Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- King Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lee Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lees Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
- Lynndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lynndale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Maxwell Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
- Memorial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
- Morningview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morningview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningview
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Mobile Heights 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 Mobile Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mobile Heights and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Mobile Heights to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,290 miles [11,732.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Mobile Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mobile Heights 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 Mobile Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3474, Longitude: -86.3344 In this case, the coordinates for Mobile Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.321 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.358 degrees. |
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