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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 Stapleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stapleton 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 Stapleton:
- 30.742588, -87.793368
- 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 Stapleton
- 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 Stapleton 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 Stapleton
Communities Also Named Stapleton ...
We found nine communities that are also named Stapleton.
Within Alabama, the name Stapleton is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Montezuma County
- This Stapleton is located in Montezuma County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montezuma County community of Stapleton.
- Georgia
- Jefferson County
- This Stapleton is located in Jefferson County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Stapleton.
- Johnson 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 Georgia community of Stapleton [Johnson County].
- Indiana
- Dubois 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 Indiana community of Stapleton [Dubois County].
- Nebraska
- Logan County
- This Stapleton is located in Logan County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Stapleton.
- New York
- Richmond County
- This Stapleton is located in Richmond County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Stapleton.
- Oregon
- Polk County
- This Stapleton is located in Polk County and lies 2,140 miles [3,444 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Stapleton.
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- This Stapleton is located in Amherst County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Stapleton.
- Hanover County
- This Stapleton is located in Hanover County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km] to the northeast of the Stapleton that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Stapleton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stapleton ...
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.
- Buzbee Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buzbee Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzbee Landing
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Holly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Hills is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Live Oak Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
- Lower Hall Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
- Military Bridge Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Fort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steam Mill Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Steam Mill Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill Landing
- Steelwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steelwood is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelwood
- Whitehouse Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yelling Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yelling Settlement is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelling Settlement
How Far From Stapleton 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 Stapleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stapleton and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Stapleton to Bay Minette, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 143 miles [230.1 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 828 miles [1,332.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stapleton) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Stapleton 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stapleton 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 Stapleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7426, Longitude: -87.7934 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.051 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.341 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.223 degrees. |
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