Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lytle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lytle and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lytle
- 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 Lytle:
- 31.075733, -85.952438
- 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 Lytle
- 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Geneva County
- Since Lytle is near Holmes County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Lytle ...
We found six communities that share the name Lytle.
Within Alabama, the name Lytle is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Ohio
- Texas
- Atascosa County
- This Lytle is located in Atascosa County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<2> to the west of the Lytle that is located in Geneva County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Lytle.
- Tarrant County
- This Lytle is located in Tarrant County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the west northwest of the Lytle that is located in Geneva County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Lytle.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lytle ...
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.
- Chancellor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County
- Coffee Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffee Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
- Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Geneva is located in Geneva County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,262 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>
- Highfalls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Piney Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Geneva County
- Royals Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royals Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royals Crossroads
- Royals Crossroads is located in Holmes County (FL)
- Sellersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sellersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersville
- Sellersville is located in Geneva County
- Spears
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Lytle 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 Lytle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lytle and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lytle to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,327 miles [11,791.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lytle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 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 Lytle 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 '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- Lytle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lytle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0757, Longitude: -85.9524 In this case, the coordinates for Lytle 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'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 Lytle 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 313.005 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.174 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.47 degrees. |