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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 Almond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Almond 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 Almond:
    • 33.146508, -85.621623
    • 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 Almond
  • 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Since Almond is near Clay County and also Tallapoosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa 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 Almond

Communities Also Named Almond ...

We found seven communities that are also named Almond.

Within Alabama, the name Almond is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • This Almond is located in Cleburne County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Almond that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Almond.
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Almond is located in Orange County and lies 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km]<1> to the west of the Almond that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Almond.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Almond is located in Allegany County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Almond that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Almond.
    • North Carolina
      • Swain County
      • This Almond is located in Swain County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Almond that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swain County community of Almond.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Almond [Rockingham County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Portage County
      • This Almond is located in Portage County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Almond that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Almond.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater 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 Wyoming community of Almond [Sweetwater County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Almond ...

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.

  • Bishop Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bishop Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Ferry
  • Blake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Blake is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
  • Cragford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Denny Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Denny Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Ferry
  • Emuckfaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
  • Fredrick Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Fredrick Ferry is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredrick Ferry
  • Friendship
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Frog Eye
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
  • Mellow Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
  • Motley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Motley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
  • Red Level
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Level is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
  • Wait Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wait Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wait Ferry

How Far From Almond 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 Almond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Almond and extending to:

  • Wedowee, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Almond to Wedowee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Almond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Almond, 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 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 Almond 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Almond 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 Almond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1465, Longitude: -85.6216       In this case, the coordinates for Almond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.95 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.397 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.909 degrees.