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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 River Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Park 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 River Park:
- 30.450752, -87.811935
- 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 River Park
- 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 River Park is near Mobile County and also Escambia 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 Escambia 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 River Park
Communities Also Named River Park ...
We found five communities that are also named River Park.
Within Alabama, the name River Park is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Saint Lucie County
- This River Park is located in Saint Lucie County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the River Park that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lucie County community of River Park.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of River Park [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Saint Joseph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of River Park [Saint Joseph County].
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This River Park is located in Clarke County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the River Park that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of River Park.
- Portsmouth City
- This River Park is located in Portsmouth City and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the northeast of the River Park that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of River Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near River Park ...
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.
- Clay City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Darling Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Darling Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling Landing
- Fobbs Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fobbs Ferry is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fobbs Ferry
- Foots Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Landing
- Houstonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houstonville is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Magnolia Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seacliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Seacliff is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
- Silverhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turkey Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Branch is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Branch
How Far From River Park 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 River Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in River Park and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from River Park to Bay Minette, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,320 miles [8,561.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- River Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 River Park 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. |
| <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 River Park 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 River Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4508, Longitude: -87.8119 In this case, the coordinates for River Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.28 degrees. |
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