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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 Dingler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dingler 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 Dingler:
- 33.331225, -85.630791
- 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 Dingler
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Dingler is near Clay County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 Dingler
Communities Also Named Dingler ...
We found one communities that are also named Dingler.
Within Alabama, the name Dingler is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Dingler in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Comanche 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 Texas community of Dingler [Comanche County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dingler ...
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.
- Cavers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cavers Grove is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavers Grove
- Christiana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Cragford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Crossroad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fuller Crossroad is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Crossroad
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lineville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Swagg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swagg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swagg
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Dingler 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 Dingler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dingler and extending to:
- Wedowee, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the East.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dingler to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Dingler 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Dingler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dingler 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 Dingler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3312, Longitude: -85.6308 In this case, the coordinates for Dingler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.966 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.441 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.872 degrees. |
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