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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 Dug Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dug Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dug Hill:
    • 34.713424, -86.487767
    • 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 Dug Hill
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Dug Hill is near Jackson County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Dug Hill

Communities Also Named Dug Hill ...

We found six communities that are also named Dug Hill.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Dug Hill.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Sumter County
      • This Dug Hill is located in Sumter County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Dug Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Dug Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Dug Hill is located in Benton County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dug Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Dug Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Grayson County
      • This Dug Hill is located in Grayson County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the north of the Dug Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Dug Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Dug Hill is located in Carroll County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dug Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Dug Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dug Hill [Buchanan County].
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Dug Hill is located in Putnam County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dug Hill that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Dug Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dug Hill ...

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.

  • Big Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Cove is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
  • Chase
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chase is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Cherrytree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherrytree is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
  • Darwin Downs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Darwin Downs is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin Downs
  • Double Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Tree is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Tree
  • English Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • English Terrace is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Terrace
  • Huntsville Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntsville Hills is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Hills
  • Longwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Longwood is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Maysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maysville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Mercury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mercury is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
  • Moontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Moontown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moontown
  • Mountain Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Brook is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Sublett Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sublett Mill is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Mill
    • Sugar Tree
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sugar Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
    • Sunset Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Cove is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Cove
    • Willow Bend
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Bend is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
    • Willowbrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Willowbrook is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook

How Far From Dug Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dug Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dug Hill and extending to:

  • Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Dug Hill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dug Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dug Hill 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.
<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 Dug Hill 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 Dug Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7134, Longitude: -86.4878       In this case, the coordinates for Dug Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.552 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.31 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.905 degrees.