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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 Burnt Corn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Corn 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 Burnt Corn:
- 31.552309, -87.159821
- 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 Burnt Corn
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Burnt Corn is near Conecuh County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conecuh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Burnt Corn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Corn ...
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.
- Bermuda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bookers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bookers Mill is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Mill
- China
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- China is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Fowler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Green Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Street is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Street
- Harpers Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harpers Store is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Store
- Peterman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stokes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Tunnel Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Burnt Corn 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 Burnt Corn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Burnt Corn and extending to:
- Monroeville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Corn to Monroeville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burnt Corn) 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 Burnt Corn 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 Burnt Corn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5523, Longitude: -87.1598 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.748 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.833 degrees. |
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