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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 Union Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Church 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 Union Church:
- 30.565473, -88.343898
- 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 Union Church
- 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 Union Church is near Jackson County and also George 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 George 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 Union Church
Communities Also Named Union Church ...
We found three communities that are also named Union Church.
Within Alabama, the name Union Church is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Union Church [Bienville Parish].
- Mississippi
- Jefferson County
- This Union Church is located in Jefferson County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Union Church that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Union Church.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County
- This Union Church is located in Milwaukee County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<2> to the north of the Union Church that is located in Mobile County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Union Church.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Church ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Dickens Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dickens Ferry is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens Ferry
- Fernland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Grand Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Meadow Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Pinecrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pinecrest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Seven Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Slaughter Flat Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Slaughter Flat Landing is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Flat Landing
How Far From Union Church 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 Union Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Church and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Union Church to Mobile, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 173 miles [278.4 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 860 miles [1,384 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Union Church 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. |
| <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- Union Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Union Church 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 Union Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5655, Longitude: -88.3439 In this case, the coordinates for Union Church have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.359 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.674 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.462 degrees. |
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