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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 Barrett Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrett Crossroads 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 Barrett Crossroads:
- 33.195397, -85.293835
- 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 Barrett Crossroads
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Barrett Crossroads is near Heard County and also Chambers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Heard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers 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 Barrett Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrett Crossroads ...
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.
- Bacon Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bacon Level is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Level
- Big Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Big Springs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Lee Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lee Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Crossroads
- Lime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lime is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Rock Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Texas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Texas is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Barrett Crossroads to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Barrett Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barrett Crossroads and extending to:
- Wedowee, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Barrett Crossroads to Wedowee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 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 from Point A (ie- Barrett Crossroads) 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 Barrett Crossroads 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 Barrett Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1954, Longitude: -85.2938 In this case, the coordinates for Barrett Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.76 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.184 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.77 degrees. |
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