Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Camp Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Spring and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Camp Spring

• 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 Camp Spring:
  • 34.426485, -87.458356
  • 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 Camp Spring

• 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Since Camp Spring is near Franklin County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Camp Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Spring ...

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.

• Flat Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Flat Rock is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
• Hickory Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Mount Hope
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Muck City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Muck City is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
• Needmore
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Needmore is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Oak Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Orange
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
• Union
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Union is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Camp Spring 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 Camp Spring 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 Camp Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Camp Spring and extending to:

• Moulton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Spring to Moulton, with an average speed<3> 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, 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 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'