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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 Movico, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Movico 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 Movico:
- 31.066991, -88.025699
- 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 Movico
- 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 Movico is near Washington County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Movico
Curious and Interesting Names Near Movico ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bucks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Happy Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Happy Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
- Island Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Island Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Landing
- Malcolm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Manns Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Manns Ferry is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Ferry
- Nelson Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nelson Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Landing
- Rice Creek Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rice Creek Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek Landing
- Sand Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
- Stage Coach Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stage Coach Woods is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Coach Woods
How Far From Movico to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Movico to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Movico and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Movico to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 135 miles [217.3 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 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 '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- Movico) 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 Movico 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 Movico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0670, Longitude: -88.0257 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.218 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.254 degrees. |
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