Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnsons Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsons Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnsons Crossing
- 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 Johnsons Crossing:
- 34.088988, -86.796666
- 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 Johnsons Crossing
- 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 Cullman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cullman County
- Since Johnsons Crossing is near Blount County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Johnsons Crossing ...
We found three communities that share the name Johnsons Crossing.
Within Alabama, the name Johnsons Crossing is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Madison County
- 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 Indiana community of Johnsons Crossing [Madison County].
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- This Johnsons Crossing is located in Chatham County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Johnsons Crossing that is located in Cullman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Johnsons Crossing.
- Yukon
- This Johnsons Crossing lies 2,745 miles [4,417.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Johnsons Crossing that is located in Cullman County.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsons Crossing ...
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.
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Bolte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Center Community
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Community have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Community
- Center Community is located in Cullman County
- Dodge City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Garden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - River Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- River Bend is located in Cullman County
- Steppville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steppville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppville
- Steppville is located in Cullman County
How Far From Johnsons Crossing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnsons Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsons Crossing and extending to:
- Cullman, which is the Seat of Cullman County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Johnsons Crossing to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 634 miles [1,020.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,111 miles [8,225.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsons Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cullman County: www.co.cullman.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Johnsons Crossing 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsons Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsons Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0890, Longitude: -86.7967 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsons Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Johnsons Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.707 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.402 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.171 degrees. |