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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 Adair Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adair Ford 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 Adair Ford:
- 34.670923, -86.431099
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Adair Ford
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Adair Ford is near Jackson County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Adair Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adair Ford ...
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.
- Big Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Bravo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bravo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bravo
- Camelot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cherrytree
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cherrytree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Chimney Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Springs
- Double Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Double Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Tree
- Dug Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dug Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
- Fox Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Run is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Huntsville Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huntsville Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Hills
- Maysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Meadow Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Trace is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Trace
- Moontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moontown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moontown
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Paint Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Sublett Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sublett Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Mill
- Sugar Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Sunset Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Cove
- Willow Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Bend is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Willowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willowbrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From Adair Ford 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 Adair Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Adair Ford and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Adair Ford to Huntsville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adair Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Adair Ford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adair Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6709, Longitude: -86.4311 In this case, the coordinates for Adair Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.516 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.262 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.891 degrees. |
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