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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 Regency, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Regency 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 Regency:
    • 30.662691, -88.173891
    • 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 Regency
  • 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 Regency is near Baldwin County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Regency

Communities Also Named Regency ...

We found four communities that are also named Regency.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Regency.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Lauderdale 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 Regency [Lauderdale County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of Regency [Duval County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Regency [Douglas County].
    • Texas
      • Mills County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Regency [Mills County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Regency ...

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.

  • Cottage Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottage Hill is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
  • Deerwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Deerwood is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Edgefield
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Edgefield is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Lloyds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lloyds is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
  • Orchard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Orchard is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Park Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Park Forest is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Pine Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pine Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
  • Spring Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Suburban Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Suburban Heights is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
  • Sugar Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Sunset Ranch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset Ranch is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ranch
  • Timbers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Timbers is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Regency and extending to:

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Regency to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 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 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 Regency 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Regency, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Regency) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Regency 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 Regency. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6627, Longitude: -88.1739       In this case, the coordinates for Regency have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.268 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.582 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.381 degrees.