Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rice Creek Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rice Creek Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rice Creek Landing

• 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 Rice Creek Landing:
  • 31.015458, -87.879995
  • 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 Rice Creek Landing

• 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
  • Since Rice Creek Landing is near Mobile County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Rice Creek Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rice Creek Landing ...

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
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Axis is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
• Bucks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bucks is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucks <1>
• Carpenter
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Carpenter is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
• Island Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Island Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Landing
• Mud Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mud Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
• Nelson Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Nelson Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Landing
• Sand Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
• Shell Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Shell Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
• Stage Coach Woods
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Stage Coach Woods is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Coach Woods
• Tensaw
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
• Upper Hall Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing

How Far From Rice Creek Landing 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 Rice Creek Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rice Creek Landing and extending to:

• Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rice Creek Landing to Bay Minette, with an average speed<3> 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 132 miles [212.4 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 819 miles [1,318.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,418 miles [11,938.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'