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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 Saddle Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saddle Hill 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 Saddle Hill:
- 31.455443, -86.130505
- 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 Saddle Hill
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Saddle Hill is near Covington County and also Crenshaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crenshaw 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 Saddle Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saddle Hill ...
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.
- Basin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Basin is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Bullock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Elba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Harpers Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harpers Ferry is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
- Lee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Pine Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Level is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Weed Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weed Crossroad is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Crossroad
How Far From Saddle Hill 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 Saddle Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saddle Hill and extending to:
- Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Saddle Hill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Saddle Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Saddle Hill 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 Saddle Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4554, Longitude: -86.1305 In this case, the coordinates for Saddle Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.137 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.38 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.461 degrees. |
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