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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 Sealy Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sealy Springs 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 Sealy Springs:
- 31.036849, -85.308821
- 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 Sealy Springs
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Sealy Springs is near Jackson County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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 Sealy Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sealy Springs ...
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.
- Big Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Love Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Love Hill is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Hill
- Madrid
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madrid is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 293 people
- Melody Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melody Heights is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Heights
- Rambo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rambo is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambo
- Terry Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Terry Crossroads is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Crossroads
- Wiregrass Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wiregrass Hills is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiregrass Hills
How Far From Sealy Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sealy Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sealy Springs and extending to:
- Dothan, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sealy Springs to Dothan, 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sealy Springs) 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 Sealy Springs 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 Sealy Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0368, Longitude: -85.3088 In this case, the coordinates for Sealy Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.632 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.239 degrees. |
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