Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Scrougeout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scrougeout and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Scrougeout
- 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 Scrougeout:
- 34.180928, -85.869136
- 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 Scrougeout
- 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 Scrougeout is near DeKalb County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Scrougeout ...
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.
- Bath Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Springs
- Bath Springs is located in Etowah County
- Coat's Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
- Dixon Shop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixon Shop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Shop
- Dixon Shop is located in Cherokee County
- Duck Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
- Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
- Flanders
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Homer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Kings Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Hill
- Kings Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Lay Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lay Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay Springs
- Lay Springs is located in Etowah County
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Leesburg is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <2>
- Leonard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Sand Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Slackland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
- Wood Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Ferry
- Wood Ferry is located in Cherokee County
- Yancy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
How Far From Scrougeout to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Scrougeout 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<3> community of Scrougeout once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Scrougeout and extending to:
- Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scrougeout to Gadsden, 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 four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,190 miles [11,571.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.org/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Scrougeout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scrougeout) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scrougeout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1809, Longitude: -85.8691 In this case, the coordinates for Scrougeout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Scrougeout 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 313.153 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.775 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.774 degrees. |