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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 Bald Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bald Hill 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 Bald Hill:
    • 31.163787, -85.635489
    • 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 Bald Hill
  • 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
    • Since Bald Hill is near Houston County and also Dale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale 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 Bald Hill

Communities Also Named Bald Hill ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Bald Hill.

Within Alabama, the name Bald Hill is unique.

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Bald Hill, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Suwannee 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 Florida community of Bald Hill [Suwannee County].
    • Georgia
      • Chattahoochee 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 Georgia community of Bald Hill [Chattahoochee County].
      • Muscogee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bald Hill [Muscogee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Fleming County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Fleming County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<2> to the north of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Bald Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Harford County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Bald Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Union County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Union County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Bald Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Okmulgee County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Okmulgee County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okmulgee County community of Bald Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Clearfield County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Bald Hill.
      • Greene County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Greene County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the north northeast of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Bald Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bald Hill [Claiborne County].
    • Texas
      • Angelina County
      • This Bald Hill is located in Angelina County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<2> to the west of the Bald Hill that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Angelina County community of Bald Hill.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 9,409 miles [15,142.3 km]<2> to the west southwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Bald Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bald Hill ...

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.

  • Clark Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Clark Crossroads is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Crossroads
  • Clayhatchee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayhatchee is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhatchee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
  • Daleville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dundee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Five Points
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Green Acres
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • High Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • High Bluff is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bluff
  • Highfalls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Highfalls is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
  • Jones Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jones Crossroads is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
  • Kellys Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellys Crossroads is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Crossroads
  • Oak Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Peterman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Peterman is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
  • Tabernacle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tabernacle is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
  • Whispering Pines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

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

  • Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bald Hill to Geneva, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 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 Bald Hill 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bald Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Bald Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bald Hill 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 Bald Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1638, Longitude: -85.6355       In this case, the coordinates for Bald Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.829 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.982 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.334 degrees.