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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 Shell Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shell Landing 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 Shell Landing:
    • 30.910739, -87.871383
    • 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 Shell 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Since Shell Landing 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 Shell Landing

Communities Also Named Shell Landing ...

We found three communities that are also named Shell Landing.

Within Alabama, the name Shell Landing is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Shell Landing is located in Sussex County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shell Landing that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Shell Landing.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Shell Landing is located in Beaufort County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shell Landing that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Shell Landing.
      • Carteret County
      • This Shell Landing is located in Carteret County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the east northeast of the Shell Landing that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Shell Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shell 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.

  • Carpenter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Carpenter is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crossroads is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Hurricane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hurricane is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Lower Hall Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
  • Mud Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mud Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Landing
  • Rice Creek Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rice Creek Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek Landing
  • Sand Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sand Landing is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Landing
  • Upper Hall Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Upper Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hall Landing
  • Whitehouse Forks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks

How Far From Shell Landing 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 Shell Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Shell Landing to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Shell Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Shell Landing 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 Shell Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9107, Longitude: -87.8714       In this case, the coordinates for Shell Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.112 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.435 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.223 degrees.