Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prebble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prebble and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prebble
- 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 Prebble:
- 34.285840, -87.545831
- 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 Prebble
- 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 Winston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Winston County
- Since Prebble is near Lawrence County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prebble ...
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.
- Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Forkville
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Littleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Littleville is located in Winston County
- Martintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martintown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Martintown is located in Winston County
- Needmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Pebble
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
- Pebble is located in Winston County
- Posey Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Posey Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey Mill
- Posey Mill is located in Franklin County
- Rabbittown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbittown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbittown
- Rabbittown is located in Winston County
How Far From Prebble 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 Prebble 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<2> community of Prebble once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Prebble and extending to:
- Double Springs, which is the Seat of Winston County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prebble to Double Springs, with an average speed<4> 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Prebble, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prebble) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prebble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2858, Longitude: -87.5458 |
| <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 Prebble 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 314.174 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.969 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.436 degrees. |