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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 Carlowville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carlowville 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 Carlowville:
- 32.087389, -87.033767
- 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 Carlowville
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Carlowville is near Wilcox County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Carlowville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlowville ...
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.
- Elm Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Bluff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Bluff
- Farmersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmersville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Halls Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Ferry is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Kings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swink is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swink
How Far From Carlowville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carlowville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Carlowville and extending to:
- Selma, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Carlowville to Selma, 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 most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,333 miles [11,801.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,211 miles [8,386.3 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- Carlowville) 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 Carlowville 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 Carlowville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0874, Longitude: -87.0338 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.716 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.136 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.681 degrees. |
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