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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 Casey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casey 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 Casey:
    • 32.334799, -86.947826
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Casey
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Casey ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Casey.

Within Alabama, the name Casey is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • This Casey is located in Woodruff County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of Casey.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Casey is located in Hillsborough County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Casey.
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • This Casey is located in Clark County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the north of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Casey.
    • Iowa
      • Guthrie County
      • This Casey is located in Guthrie County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Casey.
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Casey is located in Butler County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the north of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Casey.
    • Minnesota
      • Meeker County
      • This Casey is located in Meeker County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Casey.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pawnee County
      • This Casey is located in Pawnee County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Casey.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Quebec
      • This Casey lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Casey that is located in Dallas County.
    • South Dakota
      • Ziebach County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Casey [Ziebach County].
    • Tennessee
      • Macon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Casey [Macon County].
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • Although located in El Paso County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Casey.
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Casey [Harris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Casey ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Dallas County
  • Jones Bluff Dam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jones Bluff Dam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bluff Dam
    • Jones Bluff Dam is located in Autauga County
  • King's Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King's Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Landing
    • King's Landing is located in Dallas County
  • Kings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
    • Kings is located in Dallas County
  • Manila
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manila have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Manila is located in Dallas County
  • Peace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace
    • Peace is located in Autauga County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
  • Pleasant Hill Station
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Station
    • Pleasant Hill Station is located in Dallas County
  • Polk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Polk is located in Dallas County
  • Potter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Potter is located in Dallas County
  • Sunset Mill Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
    • Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
  • Trickem
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trickem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
    • Trickem is located in Lowndes County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Casey and extending to:

  • Selma, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Casey to Montgomery, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,196 miles [8,362.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Casey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Casey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Casey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3348, Longitude: -86.9478       In this case, the coordinates for Casey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Casey 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Casey to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.683 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.133 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.599 degrees.









 

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