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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Prairie View Estates
- 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 Prairie View Estates is near Elmore County and also Autauga 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 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 Prairie View Estates
Communities Also Named Prairie View Estates ...
We found one communities that are also named 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)
- Cloverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- English Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Grovewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
- Hope Hull
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Lee Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
- Lees Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
- Maxwell Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
- Memorial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
- Stone's
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
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<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prairie View Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Prairie View Estates 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 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). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.333 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.727 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.369 degrees. |
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