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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 Aucheucaula, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aucheucaula and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Aucheucaula:
    • 33.020954, -86.511091
    • 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 Aucheucaula
  • 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 Coosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
    • Since Aucheucaula is near Shelby County and also Chilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chilton 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 Aucheucaula

Curious and Interesting Names Near Aucheucaula ...

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.

  • Chancellors Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chancellors Ferry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellors Ferry
  • Gap of the Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gap of the Mountain is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap of the Mountain
  • Gold Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Gold Branch is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Branch
  • Jumbo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jumbo is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Kingdom Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kingdom Crossroads is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Crossroads
  • Marble Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marble Valley is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
  • Mineral Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Spring Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Sulphur Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Spring is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
  • Unity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Unity is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Wildwood Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Wildwood Shores is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Shores

How Far From Aucheucaula 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 Aucheucaula 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<1> community of Aucheucaula once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aucheucaula and extending to:

  • Rockford, which is the Seat of Coosa County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Aucheucaula to Rockford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Aucheucaula, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Aucheucaula) 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 Aucheucaula 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 Aucheucaula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0210, Longitude: -86.5111       In this case, the coordinates for Aucheucaula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.471 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.981 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.286 degrees.