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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 Pleasant Plains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains:
- 31.304342, -85.229654
- 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 Pleasant Plains
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Pleasant Plains is near Henry County and also Early County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early 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 Pleasant Plains
Communities Also Named Pleasant Plains ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Pleasant Plains.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Pleasant Plains.
Beyond Alabama, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Henry 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 Alabama community of Pleasant Plains [Henry County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Sangamon County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Kansas
- Republic 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 Pleasant Plains [Republic County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pleasant Plains.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Morris County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Morris County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Ocean County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Ocean County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pleasant Plains.
- New York
- Dutchess County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Richmond County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Richmond County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Pleasant Plains.
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Columbus County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Pleasant Plains.
- Hertford County
- This Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hertford County community of Pleasant Plains.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Plains ...
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.
- Barber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Cottondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottondale is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Forest Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Freeman is located in Early County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Griffin Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Griffin Heights is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Headland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Early County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Melody Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melody Heights is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Heights
- Pansey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pansey is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansey
- Parish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek Park is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Park
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rock Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Early County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
- Shady Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Heights is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Heights
- Stadium Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stadium Place is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stadium Place
- Young America
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Young America is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
How Far From Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Plains and extending to:
- Dothan, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant Plains to Dothan, 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,284 miles [11,722.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 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 Pleasant Plains 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Pleasant Plains) 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 Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3043, Longitude: -85.2297 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.605 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.743 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.155 degrees. |
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