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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 Montgomery East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montgomery East 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 Montgomery East:
- 32.390416, -86.202744
- 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 Montgomery East
- 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 Montgomery East is near Elmore County and also Macon 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 Macon 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 Montgomery East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montgomery East ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Cooks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Eastern Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eastern Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Meadows
- Executive Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Executive Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Executive Park
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Grove Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Halcyon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Halcyon is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Johnstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- King Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- King Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
- Lakeview Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Landmarks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Landmarks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmarks
- Morningview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morningview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningview
- Rosemary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemary is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Sunshine Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Timbers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timbers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers
- Winters Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winters Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Ferry
- Young Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Young Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
How Far From Montgomery East 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 Montgomery East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Montgomery East and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the west (W).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Montgomery East 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 39 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 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,160 miles [8,304.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Montgomery East) 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 Montgomery East 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 Montgomery East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3904, Longitude: -86.2027 In this case, the coordinates for Montgomery East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.246 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.635 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.298 degrees. |
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