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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 Chigger Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chigger Hill 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 Chigger Hill:
- 34.397593, -86.016465
- 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 Chigger Hill
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Chigger Hill is near Marshall County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Chigger Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chigger Hill ...
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.
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Geraldine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gilbert Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Crossroads
- Grove Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hix ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hix is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jink ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jink is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jink
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Painter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Painter is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter
- Peters ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thirtynine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thirtynine is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtynine
How Far From Chigger Hill 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 Chigger Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chigger Hill and extending to:
- Fort Payne, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Chigger Hill to Fort Payne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the south (S). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 586 miles [943.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chigger Hill) 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 Chigger Hill 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 Chigger Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3976, Longitude: -86.0165 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.252 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.919 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.784 degrees. |
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