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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sayre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sayre and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Sayre:
    • 33.712327, -86.974441
    • 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 Sayre
  • 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 Sayre ...

We found six communities that share the name Sayre.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Sayre.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sayre [Montgomery County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ouachita County
      • This Sayre is located in Ouachita County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the west of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Sayre.
    • Kansas
      • Ford County
      • This Sayre is located in Ford County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Sayre.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Sayre is located in Perry County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sayre.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beckham County
      • This Sayre is located in Beckham County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Sayre.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Sayre is located in Bradford County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Sayre.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sayre ...

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.

  • Bryan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
    • Bryan is located in Walker County
  • Flat Top
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Top have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
    • Flat Top is located in Jefferson County
  • Graysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
    • Graysville is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,066 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graysville <4>
  • Jet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
    • Jet is located in Jefferson County
  • Littleton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
    • Littleton is located in Jefferson County
  • Littleton Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleton Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Ferry
    • Littleton Ferry is located in Jefferson County
  • Partridge Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridge Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Crossroads
    • Partridge Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
  • Petes Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petes Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Crossroads
    • Petes Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
  • Robbins Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
    • Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
  • Short Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Ferry
    • Short Ferry is located in Jefferson County
  • Snowtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowtown
    • Snowtown is located in Jefferson County
  • Vulcan
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vulcan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
    • Vulcan is located in Jefferson County

How Far From Sayre 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 Sayre to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sayre and extending to:

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sayre to Birmingham, 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sayre. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/

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 Sayre 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sayre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sayre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7123, Longitude: -86.9744       In this case, the coordinates for Sayre 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 Sayre 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 313.792 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.448 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.325 degrees.









 

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