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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 Vinegar Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vinegar Bend 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 Vinegar Bend:
- 31.263246, -88.345491
- 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 Vinegar Bend
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Vinegar Bend is near Greene County and also Mobile County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile 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 Vinegar Bend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vinegar Bend ...
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.
- Clark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Deer Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dueitt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dueitt is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dueitt
- Dwight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Four Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Point
- Fruitdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knobtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Knobtown is located in Greene County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobtown
- Leakesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Uniform
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Uniform is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniform
- Yellow Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Vinegar Bend 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 Vinegar Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vinegar Bend and extending to:
- Chatom, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vinegar Bend to Chatom, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 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 '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- Vinegar Bend) 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 Vinegar Bend 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 Vinegar Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2632, Longitude: -88.3455 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.426 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.848 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.343 degrees. |
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