Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kearney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kearney and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kearney
- 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 Kearney:
- 33.885379, -85.708297
- 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 Kearney
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Kearney is near Cherokee County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Kearney ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Kearney.
Within Alabama, the name Kearney is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Kansas
- Grant 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 Kearney [Grant County].
- Hamilton 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 Kearney [Hamilton County].
- Kearny 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 Kearney [Kearny County].
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- This Kearney is located in Bedford County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kearney that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Kearney.
- Bucks County
- This Kearney is located in Bucks County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the northeast of the Kearney that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Kearney.
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kearney ...
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.
- Bonny Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonny Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Brook
- Bonny Brook is located in Calhoun County
- Burns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Couch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Gnatville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Irene ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Jenkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Maxwellborn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwellborn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwellborn
- Maxwellborn is located in Calhoun County
- Mink ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Possum Trot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Trot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Possum Trot is located in Calhoun County
- Prices
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Rabbittown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbittown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbittown
- Rabbittown is located in Calhoun County
How Far From Kearney 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 Kearney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Kearney once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kearney and extending to:
- Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kearney to Anniston, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,195 miles [11,579.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kearney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kearney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8854, Longitude: -85.7083 In this case, the coordinates for Kearney 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 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 Kearney 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> | 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 Kearney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kearney 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 313.042 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.605 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.777 degrees. |