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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 Barnwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barnwell and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Barnwell:
    • 30.424919, -87.879437
    • 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 Barnwell
  • 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 Barnwell ...

We found four communities that share the name Barnwell.

Within Alabama, the name Barnwell is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Barnwell lies 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<1> to the northwest of the Barnwell that is located in Baldwin County.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Barnwell is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barnwell that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Barnwell.
    • Colorado
      • Elbert 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 Colorado community of Barnwell [Elbert County].
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell County
      • This Barnwell is located in Barnwell County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Barnwell that is located in Baldwin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnwell County community of Barnwell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnwell ...

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.

  • Clay City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Clay City is located in Baldwin County
  • Darling Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darling Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling Landing
    • Darling Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Fobbs Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fobbs Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fobbs Ferry
    • Fobbs Ferry is located in Baldwin County
  • Foots Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foots Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Landing
    • Foots Landing is located in Baldwin County
  • Houstonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houstonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
    • Houstonville is located in Baldwin County
  • Magnolia Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • River Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
    • River Park is located in Baldwin County
  • Turkey Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Branch
    • Turkey Branch is located in Baldwin County

How Far From Barnwell 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 Barnwell to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barnwell and extending to:

  • Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Barnwell to Bay Minette, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,444 miles [11,980 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barnwell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baldwin County: www.co.baldwin.al.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Barnwell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barnwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4249, Longitude: -87.8794       In this case, the coordinates for Barnwell 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 Barnwell 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Barnwell 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 314.071 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.321 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.31 degrees.









 

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