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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 Black Warrior Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Warrior Town 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 Black Warrior Town:
- 33.812049, -87.052223
- 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 Black Warrior Town
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since Black Warrior Town is near Jefferson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Black Warrior Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Warrior Town ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bryan is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Coon Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coon Creek is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Creel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Dovertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dovertown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovertown
- Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Hull
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hull is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Lynns Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lynns Park is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynns Park
- Partridge Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Crossroads
- Petes Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Petes Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Crossroads
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Rock is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Robbins Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Rocky Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Hollow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hollow
- Union Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Union Chapel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel
How Far From Black Warrior Town 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 Black Warrior Town 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<1> community of Black Warrior Town once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Warrior Town and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Black Warrior Town to Jasper, with an average speed<3> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 657 miles [1,057.3 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 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Black Warrior Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Warrior Town) 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 Black Warrior Town 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 Black Warrior Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8120, Longitude: -87.0522 In this case, the coordinates for Black Warrior Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.845 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.335 degrees. |
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