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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 Alexis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alexis 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 Alexis:
- 34.178984, -85.512182
- 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 Alexis
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Alexis is near Floyd County and also Chattooga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chattooga 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 Alexis
Communities Also Named Alexis ...
We found six communities that are also named Alexis.
Within Alabama, the name Alexis is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino 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 California community of Alexis [San Bernardino County].
- Georgia
- Echols County
- This Alexis is located in Echols County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Alexis that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Echols County community of Alexis.
- Illinois
- Mercer County
- This Alexis is located in Mercer County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Alexis that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Alexis.
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- This Alexis is located in Gaston County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Alexis that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gaston County community of Alexis.
- Ohio
- Lucas 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 Ohio community of Alexis [Lucas County].
- Monroe County
- This Alexis is located in Monroe County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Alexis that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Alexis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alexis ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cornwall Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Furnace is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
- Early ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Early is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Hall Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Valley
- Key
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Key is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Kirk's Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Noah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Pathkiller Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pathkiller Cove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathkiller Cove
- Tucker Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
How Far From Alexis 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 Alexis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alexis and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Alexis to Centre, with an average speed<4> 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 132 miles [212.4 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Alexis 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 '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- Alexis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alexis 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 Alexis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1790, Longitude: -85.5122 In this case, the coordinates for Alexis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.939 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.528 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.631 degrees. |
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