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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 Prairie View Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie View Estates 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 Prairie View Estates:
    • 32.334028, -86.355803
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prairie View Estates
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Prairie View Estates ...

We found one communities that share the name Prairie View Estates.

Within Alabama, the name Prairie View Estates is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Prairie View Estates in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Buffalo County
      • This Prairie View Estates is located in Buffalo County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Prairie View Estates that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Prairie View Estates.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie View Estates ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Montgomery County
  • Cloverland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
  • English Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • English Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Grovewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grovewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
    • Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
  • Hope Hull
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hunter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Montgomery County
  • Lee Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
    • Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
  • Lees Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
    • Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
  • Maxwell Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
    • Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
  • Memorial Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memorial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
    • Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
  • Stone's
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stone's. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
    • Stone's is located in Montgomery County
  • Wildwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Prairie View Estates 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 Prairie View Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie View Estates 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 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie View Estates to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie View Estates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.mc-ala.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie View Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie View Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3340, Longitude: -86.3558       In this case, the coordinates for Prairie View Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Prairie View Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.333 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.727 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.369 degrees.









 

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