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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 Vanlandingham Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanlandingham Mill 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 Vanlandingham Mill:
- 31.043512, -85.758822
- 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 Vanlandingham Mill
- 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
- Since Vanlandingham Mill is near Holmes County and also Dale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dale 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 Vanlandingham Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanlandingham Mill ...
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.
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- High Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- High Bluff is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bluff
- Highfalls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highfalls is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
- Highnote
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highnote is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highnote
- Holland Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Crossroads is located in Holmes County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Crossroads
- Kellys Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kellys Crossroads is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Crossroads
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
How Far From Vanlandingham Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vanlandingham Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vanlandingham Mill and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Vanlandingham Mill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanlandingham Mill) 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 Vanlandingham Mill 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 Vanlandingham Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0435, Longitude: -85.7588 In this case, the coordinates for Vanlandingham Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.404 degrees. |
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