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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 Blount Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blount Springs 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 Blount Springs:
- 33.932245, -86.796074
- 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 Blount Springs
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Blount Springs is near Cullman County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Blount Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blount Springs ...
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.
- Bent Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Tree is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Black Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Center Community
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center Community is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Community
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Damascus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- High Rock is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rock
- Little Shenandoah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Shenandoah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shenandoah
- Smoke Rise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Sugar Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sulpher Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sulpher Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulpher Springs
How Far From Blount Springs 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 Blount Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Blount Springs and extending to:
- Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Blount Springs to Oneonta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 111 miles [178.6 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 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blount Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Blount Springs 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 Blount Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9322, Longitude: -86.7961 In this case, the coordinates for Blount Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.697 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.369 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.205 degrees. |
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