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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 Adelia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adelia 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 Adelia:
- 33.911212, -85.777744
- 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 Adelia
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Adelia is near Etowah County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Adelia
Communities Also Named Adelia ...
We found two communities that are also named Adelia.
Within Alabama, the name Adelia is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- Sioux 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 Nebraska community of Adelia [Sioux County].
- South Dakota
- Turner 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 South Dakota community of Adelia [Turner County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adelia ...
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.
- Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angel is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Cedar Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Couch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Couch is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Hokes Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irene ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irene is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Maxwellborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwellborn is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwellborn
- Millie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Millie is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millie
- Mink ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink
- Possum Trot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Prices
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prices is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices
- Reads Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reads Mill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reads Mill
- Rock Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Spring is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Adelia 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 Adelia 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 Adelia once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Adelia and extending to:
- Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Adelia to Anniston, 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 110 miles [177 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 594 miles [956 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Adelia 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> | 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 Adelia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Adelia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Adelia 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 Adelia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9112, Longitude: -85.7777 In this case, the coordinates for Adelia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.084 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.658 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.799 degrees. |
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