Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pilgrims Rest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pilgrims Rest and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pilgrims Rest
- 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 Pilgrims Rest:
- 33.916497, -86.013045
- 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 Pilgrims Rest
- 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- Since Pilgrims Rest is near Calhoun County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Pilgrims Rest ...
We found five communities that share the name Pilgrims Rest.
Within Alabama, the name Pilgrims Rest is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Phillips County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Phillips County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Washington County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Washington County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west northwest of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pilgrims Rest [Attala County].
- Texas
- Rains County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pilgrims Rest [Rains County].
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pilgrims Rest ...
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.
- Fowler Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Ferry
- Fowler Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Gilberts Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilberts Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Ferry
- Gilberts Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Goodyear
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Greensport Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensport Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensport Ferry
- Greensport Ferry is located in Saint Clair County
- Gum Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in Etowah County
- Keysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Listers Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Listers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listers Ferry
- Listers Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Oak Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peek's Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Rainbow City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow City
- Rainbow City is located in Etowah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,603 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainbow City <5>
- Rock Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Rock Spring is located in Etowah County
- Wisdom Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wisdom Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Ferry
- Wisdom Ferry is located in Etowah County
How Far From Pilgrims Rest 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 Pilgrims Rest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pilgrims Rest and extending to:
- Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Pilgrims Rest to Montgomery, with an average speed<6>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pilgrims Rest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pilgrims Rest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pilgrims Rest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9165, Longitude: -86.0130 |
| <2> | 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 Pilgrims Rest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Pilgrims Rest 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. |
| <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 Pilgrims Rest 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 313.225 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.822 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.892 degrees. |