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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 Twin Gates Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Gates Estates 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 Twin Gates Estates:
- 32.312084, -86.381915
- 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 Twin Gates Estates
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Twin Gates Estates is near Lowndes County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga 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 Twin Gates Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Gates Estates ...
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.
- Cloverland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- English Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Grovewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
- Hope Hull
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
- Lees Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
- Maxwell Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
- Memorial Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
- Stone's
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
How Far From Twin Gates Estates 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 Twin Gates Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Twin Gates Estates and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Twin Gates Estates to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twin Gates Estates) 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 Twin Gates Estates 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 Twin Gates Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3121, Longitude: -86.3819 In this case, the coordinates for Twin Gates Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.347 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.74 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.383 degrees. |
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