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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 Suburban Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suburban Heights 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 Suburban Heights:
    • 30.596859, -88.175002
    • 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 Suburban Heights
  • 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 Suburban Heights is near Jackson County and also Baldwin 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 Baldwin 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 Suburban Heights

Communities Also Named Suburban Heights ...

We found four communities that are also named Suburban Heights.

Within Alabama, the name Suburban Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Suburban Heights is located in Alachua County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the east of the Suburban Heights that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Suburban Heights.
    • Illinois
      • Washington 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 Illinois community of Suburban Heights [Washington County].
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Suburban Heights [Montgomery County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Suburban Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Suburban Heights that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Suburban Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Suburban Heights ...

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.

  • Cottage Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottage Hill is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
  • Edgefield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Edgefield is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Forest Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Gulf Dale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Dale is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Dale
  • Lloyds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lloyds is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
  • Meadow Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Pine Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
  • Quail Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Quail Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Regency
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Regency is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
  • Spring Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Sugar Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Sunset Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset Ranch is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ranch
  • Timbers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Timbers is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers

How Far From Suburban Heights 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 Suburban Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Suburban Heights to Mobile, with an average speed<3> 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 165 miles [265.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 851 miles [1,369.6 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 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,450 miles [11,989.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Suburban Heights) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Suburban Heights 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 Suburban Heights 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 Suburban Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5969, Longitude: -88.1750       In this case, the coordinates for Suburban Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.262 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.566 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.392 degrees.