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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 Casemore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casemore 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 Casemore:
- 32.580412, -87.683897
- 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 Casemore
- 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 Hale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Since Casemore is near Greene County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 Casemore
Communities Also Named Casemore ...
We found one communities that are also named Casemore.
Within Alabama, the name Casemore is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Casemore in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Schoolcraft County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Casemore [Schoolcraft County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casemore ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alfalfa is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Birdeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birdeye is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdeye
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Laneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laneville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Lock Five
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lock Five is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Five
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rosemary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Sunshine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
How Far From Casemore 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 Casemore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Casemore and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Hale County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Casemore to Greensboro, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east (E). 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 738 miles [1,187.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Casemore could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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- Casemore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Casemore 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 Casemore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5804, Longitude: -87.6839 In this case, the coordinates for Casemore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.84 degrees. |
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