Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alliance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alliance and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alliance
- 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 Alliance:
- 32.480971, -85.562173
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Alliance
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Alliance is near Lee County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for Russell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Alliance ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Alliance.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Alliance.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Alliance lies 1,898 miles [3,054.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Alliance that is located in Macon County.
- California
- Florida
- Calhoun 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 Florida community of Alliance [Calhoun County].
- Jackson County
- This Alliance is located in Jackson County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the south of the Alliance that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Alliance.
- Georgia
- Decatur 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 Georgia community of Alliance [Decatur County].
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alliance [Jasper County].
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Alliance is located in Madison County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the north of the Alliance that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Alliance.
- Marion 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 Indiana community of Alliance [Marion County].
- Kansas
- Barton 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 Alliance [Barton County].
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellis County].
- Ellsworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellsworth County].
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Neosho County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Alliance is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Alliance that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Alliance.
- Sabine Parish
- This Alliance is located in Sabine Parish and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west of the Alliance that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Alliance.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Ontario
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alliance ...
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.
- Beehive
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Cloverleaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Cloverleaf is located in Lee County
- Forestdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Lee County
- Little Texas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Little Texas is located in Macon County
- Mitchell Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Crossroads
- Mitchell Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Oak Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
- Oak Hollow is located in Lee County
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Macon County
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Society Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Society Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Stonegate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Tanglewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Twin Creeks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Creeks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
- Twin Creeks is located in Lee County
How Far From Alliance 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 Alliance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alliance and extending to:
- Tuskegee, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Alliance to Montgomery, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alliance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Alliance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alliance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4810, Longitude: -85.5622 In this case, the coordinates for Alliance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Alliance 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alliance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Alliance to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.876 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.219 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.032 degrees. |