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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 Barnesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barnesville 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 Barnesville:
    • 34.139825, -88.077814
    • 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 Barnesville
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Barnesville is near Lamar County and also Itawamba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba 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 Barnesville

Communities Also Named Barnesville ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Barnesville.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Barnesville.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Tallapoosa County
      • This Barnesville is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Barnesville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Barnesville is located in Weld County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Barnesville.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Barnesville is located in New Haven County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Barnesville.
    • Georgia
      • Lamar County
      • This Barnesville is located in Lamar County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Barnesville.
      • Pike 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 Georgia community of Barnesville [Pike County].
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • This Barnesville is located in Bourbon County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Barnesville.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Barnesville is located in Montgomery County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Barnesville.
    • Minnesota
      • Clay County
      • This Barnesville is located in Clay County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Barnesville.
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto County
      • This Barnesville is located in DeSoto County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Barnesville.
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • This Barnesville is located in Clinton County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Barnesville.
      • Macon County
      • This Barnesville is located in Macon County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km] to the north northwest of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Barnesville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Barnesville lies 1,413 miles [2,274 km]<1> to the northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Barnesville is located in Robeson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the east of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Barnesville.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Barnesville is located in Belmont County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Barnesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Barnesville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Barnesville.
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Barnesville is located in Lawrence County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Barnesville that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Barnesville.
    • Virginia
      • Charlotte 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 Virginia community of Barnesville [Charlotte County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnesville ...

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.

  • Bounds Crossroads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
  • Crews
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Crews is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
  • Hays Ford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hays Ford is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Ford
  • Henson Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Henson Springs is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson Springs
  • Jim Williams Ford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jim Williams Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Williams Ford
  • Pea Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Pigeye
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pigeye is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeye
  • Pikeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pikeville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Pine Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pine Springs is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Twin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people

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

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

  • Hamilton, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the East.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Barnesville 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 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,164 miles [8,310.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barnesville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Barnesville 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 Barnesville 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 Barnesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1398, Longitude: -88.0778       In this case, the coordinates for Barnesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.491 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.315 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.687 degrees.