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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 Scenic Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scenic Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Scenic Hills:
    • 30.736300, -88.271395
    • 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 Scenic Hills
  • 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 Scenic Hills is near George County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for George 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 Scenic Hills

Communities Also Named Scenic Hills ...

We found seven communities that are also named Scenic Hills.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Scenic Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Elmore County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Elmore County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Scenic Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Catoosa County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Scenic Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Scenic Hills [Delaware County].
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Scenic Hills [Bexar County].
      • Guadalupe County
      • Although located in Guadalupe County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Scenic Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Roanoke County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Scenic Hills.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Scenic Hills is located in Wood County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Scenic Hills that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Scenic Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scenic Hills ...

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.

  • Deerwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Deerwood is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Indian Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Springs is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Orchard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Orchard is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Park Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Park Forest is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Pine Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
  • Ponderosa
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ponderosa is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Seven Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Seven Hills is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
  • Sugar Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Tanner Williams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tanner Williams is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Williams
  • Timbers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Timbers is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scenic Hills and extending to:

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Scenic Hills to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 162 miles [260.7 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 849 miles [1,366.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,449 miles [11,988 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,327 miles [8,573 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scenic Hills) 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 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 Scenic Hills 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 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 Scenic Hills 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 Scenic Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7363, Longitude: -88.2714       In this case, the coordinates for Scenic Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.332 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.667 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.405 degrees.