Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dixie Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dixie Springs and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dixie Springs

• 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 Dixie Springs:
  • 33.713721, -87.370837
  • 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 Dixie Springs

• 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
  • Since Dixie Springs is near Fayette County and also Tuscaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa 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 Dixie Springs

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixie Springs ...

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.

• America
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • America is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
• Coal Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Coal Valley is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
• Key Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Key Hill is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Hill
• Kings Mill
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kings Mill is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
• Mountain Valley ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Valley is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
• Pleasant Field
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Field is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Field
• Pleasant Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Providence
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Providence is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Standard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Standard is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard

How Far From Dixie Springs 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 Dixie Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dixie Springs and extending to:

• Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dixie Springs to Jasper, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,153 miles [8,292.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'