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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 Clackville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clackville 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 Clackville:
- 33.089190, -85.449904
- 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 Clackville
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since Clackville is near Randolph County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Clackville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clackville ...
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.
- Bishop Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishop Ferry is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Ferry
- Blake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Denny Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Denny Ferry is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Ferry
- Doublehead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- High Pine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- High Pine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pine
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Level
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rock Fence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Fence is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence
- Union Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Wait Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wait Ferry is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wait Ferry
How Far From Clackville 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 Clackville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Clackville and extending to:
- LaFayette, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clackville to LaFayette, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 617 miles [993 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Clackville) 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 Clackville 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 Clackville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0892, Longitude: -85.4499 In this case, the coordinates for Clackville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.846 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.269 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.855 degrees. |
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