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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 Steam Mill Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steam Mill 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 Steam Mill Landing:
    • 30.754911, -87.916384
    • 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 Steam Mill 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 Steam Mill 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 Steam Mill Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Steam Mill 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.

  • Buzbee Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Buzbee Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzbee Landing
  • Carpenter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crossroads is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Holly Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Holly Hills is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Hurricane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hurricane is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Live Oak Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
  • Liveoak Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Liveoak Landing is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liveoak Landing
  • Lower Hall Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Hall Landing
  • Magazine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Magazine is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
  • Military Bridge Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Park City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Park City is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Plateau
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Plateau is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Spanish Fort
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Steelwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Steelwood is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelwood
    • Upper Hall Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • 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 northeast)
      • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks

How Far From Steam Mill Landing 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 Steam Mill 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 Steam Mill Landing and extending to:

  • Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Steam Mill Landing to Bay Minette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 146 miles [235 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 833 miles [1,340.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,432 miles [11,960.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Steam Mill Landing) 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 Steam Mill 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 Steam Mill Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7549, Longitude: -87.9164       In this case, the coordinates for Steam Mill Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.124 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.428 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.267 degrees.