Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Prospect, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Prospect and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Prospect
- 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 New Prospect:
- 32.839851, -87.736399
- 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 New Prospect
- 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 Hale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Since New Prospect is near Greene County and also Tuscaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa 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 New Prospect ...
We found eleven communities that share the name New Prospect.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named New Prospect.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Autauga County
- This New Prospect is located in Autauga County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of New Prospect.
- Autauga County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Choctaw 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 Mississippi community of New Prospect [Choctaw County].
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- This New Prospect is located in Cleveland County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of New Prospect.
- Nova Scotia
- This New Prospect lies 1,518 miles [2,443 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of New Prospect.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This New Prospect is located in Spartanburg County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of New Prospect.
- Tennessee
- Lawrence County
- This New Prospect is located in Lawrence County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of New Prospect.
- Union County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of New Prospect [Union County].
- Texas
- Rusk County
- This New Prospect is located in Rusk County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the west of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of New Prospect.
- Shelby 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 Texas community of New Prospect [Shelby County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- This New Prospect is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the north of the New Prospect that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of New Prospect.
- Mississippi
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Prospect ...
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.
- Chiles Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiles Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles Ferry
- Chiles Ferry is located in Greene County
- Cypress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Guinea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Harper Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Hill
- Harper Hill is located in Hale County
- Havana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Jennings Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ferry
- Jennings Ferry is located in Greene County
- Moundville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moundville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundville
- Moundville is located in Hale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,497 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moundville <5>
- Powers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Rocky Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Greene County
How Far From New Prospect 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 New Prospect to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Prospect and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Hale County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Prospect to Greensboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,332 miles [11,799.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Prospect. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Prospect) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Prospect. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8399, Longitude: -87.7364 In this case, the coordinates for New Prospect 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 New Prospect 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 New Prospect, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 New Prospect to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.193 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.792 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.81 degrees. |