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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 Dawson's, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawson's 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 Dawson's:
- 32.113199, -86.992763
- 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 Dawson's
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Dawson's is near Lowndes County and also Wilcox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox 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 Dawson's
Communities Also Named Dawson's ...
We found one communities that are also named Dawson's.
Within Alabama, the name Dawson's is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Dawson's in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Dawson's [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawson's ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Elm Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Bluff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Bluff
- Farmersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farmersville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Halls Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Halls Ferry is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Kings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kings is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Swink
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Swink is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swink
How Far From Dawson's 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 Dawson's to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dawson's and extending to:
- Selma, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Dawson's to Selma, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,330 miles [11,796.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dawson's 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dawson's) 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 Dawson's 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 Dawson's. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1132, Longitude: -86.9928 In this case, the coordinates for Dawson's have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.694 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.114 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.66 degrees. |
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