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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 Mount Sinai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Sinai and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mount Sinai:
    • 32.294029, -86.468306
    • 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 Mount Sinai
  • 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 Mount Sinai is near Lowndes County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Mount Sinai

Communities Also Named Mount Sinai ...

We found six communities that are also named Mount Sinai.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Mount Sinai.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Autauga County
      • This Mount Sinai is located in Autauga County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Sinai that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Mount Sinai.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Dearborn County
      • This Mount Sinai is located in Dearborn County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Sinai that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Mount Sinai.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Sinai [Claiborne Parish].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Mount Sinai is located in Suffolk County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Sinai that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Mount Sinai.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Mount Sinai is located in Cleveland County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Sinai that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Mount Sinai.
    • Ohio
      • Pike County
      • This Mount Sinai is located in Pike County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Sinai that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Mount Sinai.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Sinai ...

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.

  • Cedar Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Point is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • English Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • English Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
  • Grovewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
  • Hope Hull
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hunter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Hunting Downs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunting Downs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Downs
  • Lee Farms
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
  • Lees Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
  • Maxwell Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
  • Memorial Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
  • Scenic Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Scenic Hills is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
  • Steep Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Steep Creek is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Creek
  • Stone's
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stone's is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's

How Far From Mount Sinai 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 Mount Sinai to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Sinai and extending to:

  • Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Sinai to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Mount Sinai) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mount Sinai 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.
<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 Mount Sinai 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 Mount Sinai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2940, Longitude: -86.4683       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Sinai have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.396 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.795 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.42 degrees.