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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 Arnot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arnot 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 Arnot:
    • 34.919251, -87.570859
    • 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 Arnot
  • 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since Arnot is near Lawrence County and also Colbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert 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 Arnot

Communities Also Named Arnot ...

We found four communities that are also named Arnot.

Within Alabama, the name Arnot is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • This Arnot lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Arnot that is located in Lauderdale County.
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • This Arnot is located in Adams County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Arnot that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Arnot.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Arnot [Chemung County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Arnot is located in Tioga County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the northeast of the Arnot that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Arnot.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arnot ...

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.

  • Atlas ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
  • Emerald Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Emerald Shores is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Shores
  • Falconhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Falconhead is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconhead
  • Green Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hideaway Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hideaway Hills is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Indian Springs is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Keys Chapel ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Keys Chapel is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Chapel
  • Kingman ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Kingman is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
  • Lake Coves
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Coves is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Coves
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lakeview Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lock Six
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lock Six is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Six
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Lockland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Lockland is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockland
    • Mars Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Sky Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sky Park is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Park
    • Terrace View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Terrace View is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
    • Twin Brooks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
    • Twin Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Village Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Village Pines is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
    • Wolf Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Woodlawn is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Zip City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City

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

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

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arnot to Florence, with an average speed<3> 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 190 miles [305.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Arnot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Arnot 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Arnot 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 Arnot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9193, Longitude: -87.5709       In this case, the coordinates for Arnot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.226 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.116 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.31 degrees.