Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sand 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 Sand Landing:
  • 30.923794, -87.964997
  • 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 Sand 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 Mobile County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
  • Since Sand Landing is near Baldwin County and also Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Sand Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand 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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Axis is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
• Bucks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucks is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucks <1>
• Carpenter
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Carpenter is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
• Hatters
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hatters is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatters
• Hurricane
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hurricane is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
• Liveoak Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Liveoak Landing is located in Mobile County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liveoak Landing
• Lower Hall Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
• Mud Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mud Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
• Shell Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Shell Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
• Upper Hall Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing

How Far From Sand 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 Sand 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 Sand Landing and extending to:

• Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sand Landing to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 140 miles [225.3 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 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,426 miles [11,951 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,305 miles [8,537.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'