Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whitesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whitesville
- 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 Whitesville:
- 34.171762, -86.242756
- 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 Whitesville
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Whitesville is near Etowah County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Whitesville ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Whitesville.
Within Alabama, the name Whitesville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Whitesville is located in Sussex County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Whitesville.
- Georgia
- Harris County
- This Whitesville is located in Harris County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Whitesville.
- Illinois
- Saline 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 Illinois community of Whitesville [Saline County].
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- This Whitesville is located in Montgomery County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the north of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Whitesville.
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- This Whitesville is located in Daviess County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the north of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Whitesville.
- Mississippi
- Washington 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 Mississippi community of Whitesville [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Andrew 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 Missouri community of Whitesville [Andrew County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Whitesville is located in Monmouth County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Whitesville.
- Ocean County
- This Whitesville is located in Ocean County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km] to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Whitesville.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Whitesville is located in Allegany County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Whitesville.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Whitesville is located in Berkeley County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the east of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Whitesville.
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- This Whitesville is located in Windsor County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Whitesville.
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- This Whitesville is located in Accomack County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Whitesville.
- Halifax County
- This Whitesville is located in Halifax County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km] to the east northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Whitesville.
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Whitesville is located in Boone County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Whitesville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Whitesville.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitesville ...
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.
- Alice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- High Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Marshall County
- Mays
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Red Apple ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Etowah County
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Whitesville 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 Whitesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitesville and extending to:
- Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitesville to Guntersville, with an average speed<5> 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1718, Longitude: -86.2428 In this case, the coordinates for Whitesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Whitesville, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Whitesville 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 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 Whitesville 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 313.377 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.032 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.928 degrees. |