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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 Beasley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beasley 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 Beasley:
    • 33.757599, -85.981636
    • 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 Beasley
  • 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Beasley is near Saint Clair County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Beasley

Communities Also Named Beasley ...

We found nine communities that are also named Beasley.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Pickens County
      • This Beasley is located in Pickens County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Beasley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Poinsett County
      • This Beasley is located in Poinsett County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Beasley.
    • British Columbia
      • This Beasley lies 1,932 miles [3,109.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • This Beasley is located in Clay County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the west of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Beasley.
    • Missouri
      • 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 Missouri community of Beasley [Pike County].
    • North Carolina
      • Washington County
      • This Beasley is located in Washington County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Beasley.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson 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 Beasley [Dickson County].
      • Marshall County
      • This Beasley is located in Marshall County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Beasley.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Beasley is located in Fort Bend County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beasley that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Beasley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beasley ...

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.

  • Boiling Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boiling Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boozer ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boozer is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
  • Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
  • Clark ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clark is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Francis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Francis is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Francis Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Francis Ferry is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Ferry
  • Peaceburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
  • Polkville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Polkville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
  • Ten Islands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ten Islands is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Islands

How Far From Beasley 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 Beasley 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 community of Beasley once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Beasley and extending to:

  • Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beasley to Anniston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,213 miles [11,608.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Beasley) 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 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 Beasley 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>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 Beasley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Beasley 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 Beasley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7576, Longitude: -85.9816       In this case, the coordinates for Beasley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.768 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.915 degrees.