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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 Boromville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boromville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Boromville:
    • 32.306534, -85.441612
    • 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 Boromville
  • 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Since Boromville is near Russell County and also Bullock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bullock 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 Boromville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boromville ...

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.

  • Alliance
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Alliance is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Cotton Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cotton Valley is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
  • Creek Stand
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Creek Stand is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Stand
  • Hooks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooks is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
  • Hurtsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Little Texas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Texas is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
  • Peachburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peachburg is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachburg
  • Persons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Persons is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persons
  • Pleasant Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Sandfort
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sandfort is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfort
  • Society Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Society Hill is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
  • Warriorstand
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Warriorstand is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warriorstand

How Far From Boromville 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 Boromville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Boromville and extending to:

  • Tuskegee, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boromville to Tuskegee, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Boromville) 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 Boromville 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 Boromville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3065, Longitude: -85.4416       In this case, the coordinates for Boromville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.795 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.101 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.023 degrees.