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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 Bessie Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bessie Junction 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 Bessie Junction:
- 33.637051, -87.036386
- 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 Bessie Junction
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Bessie Junction is near Walker County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Bessie Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bessie Junction ...
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.
- Bryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bryan is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Flat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flat Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Top is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Glasgow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Glover Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glover Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
- Grays Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Gardens
- Graysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Graysville Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Graysville Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville Heights
- Littleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Littleton Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Ferry
- Media
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Media is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Red Wine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Wine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wine
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Reeds Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Snowtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snowtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowtown
- Union Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Vulcan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Williams Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williams Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ferry
How Far From Bessie Junction 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 Bessie Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bessie Junction and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bessie Junction to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 664 miles [1,068.6 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 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 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- Bessie Junction) 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 Bessie Junction 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 Bessie Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6371, Longitude: -87.0364 In this case, the coordinates for Bessie Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.825 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.366 degrees. |
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