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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 Davidsons Cross Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davidsons Cross Roads and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Davidsons Cross Roads
  • 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 Davidsons Cross Roads:
    • 34.786754, -87.561693
    • 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 Davidsons Cross Roads
  • 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Since Davidsons Cross Roads is near Lauderdale County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Davidsons Cross Roads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Davidsons Cross Roads ...

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.

  • Cave Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave Spring is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Emerald Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Emerald Shores is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Shores
  • Ford City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ford City is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
  • Hideaway Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hideaway Hills is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Kingman ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Kingman is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
  • Lake Coves
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Coves is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Coves
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lakeview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lakeview Highlands
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview Highlands is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Highlands
  • Listerhill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Listerhill is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listerhill
  • Lock Six
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lock Six is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Six
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lockland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lockland is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockland
    • Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Colbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Paradise Points
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Paradise Points is located in Colbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Points
    • Sky Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sky Park is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Park
    • Village Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Village Pines is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
    • Virginia Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Virginia Shores is located in Colbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Shores
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Davidsons Cross Roads 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 Davidsons Cross Roads to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Davidsons Cross Roads once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Davidsons Cross Roads and extending to:

  • Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Davidsons Cross Roads to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Davidsons Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Davidsons Cross Roads) 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 Davidsons Cross Roads 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 Davidsons Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7868, Longitude: -87.5617       In this case, the coordinates for Davidsons Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.213 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.083 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.335 degrees.