Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Center Community:
  • 34.038155, -86.810832
  • 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 Center Community

• 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 Cullman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
  • Since Center Community is near Blount County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Center Community

Curious and Interesting Names Near Center Community ...

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.

• Black Bottom
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
• Bolte
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bolte is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolte
• Damascus
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Damascus is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Dodge City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Dodge City is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
• Garden City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden City is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
• Good Hope
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
• Misty Harbor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Misty Harbor is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Harbor
• River Bend
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • River Bend is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
• Steppville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Steppville is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Center Community and extending to:

• Cullman, which is the Seat of Cullman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Center Community to Cullman, 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'