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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 Aspel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aspel 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 Aspel:
- 34.620576, -86.165247
- 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 Aspel
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Aspel is near Marshall County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Aspel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aspel ...
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.
- Breezeway Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Breezeway Bay is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezeway Bay
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Fishtrap Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fishtrap Ford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap Ford
- Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kirbytown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbytown
- Lakeview Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Beach is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Beach
- Lakeview Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Shores is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Shores
- Little Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Nashville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nashville
- Maple Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ford
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Paint Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Groves
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Roseberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roseberry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Section Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Section Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Section Ferry
- Skyline Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Shores is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Shores
- Tanglewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Aspel 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 Aspel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aspel and extending to:
- Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Aspel to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Aspel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Aspel 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 Aspel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6206, Longitude: -86.1652 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.352 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.066 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.794 degrees. |
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