Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Earlytown:
  • 31.128508, -86.129388
  • 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 Earlytown

• 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
  • Since Earlytown is near Coffee County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Earlytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earlytown ...

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.

• Basin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Basin is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
• Chapel Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Covington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Coffee Springs
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
• County Line
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • County Line is located in Covington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
• Goodman
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodman is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
• Hollys Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hollys Ferry is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollys Ferry
• Horn Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Horn Hill is located in Covington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
• Perry Store
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Perry Store is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Store
• Piney Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Piney Grove is located in Geneva County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Royals Crossroads
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Royals Crossroads is located in Holmes County (FL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royals Crossroads
• Sellersville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sellersville is located in Geneva County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersville
• Spears
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Spears is located in Geneva County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears

How Far From Earlytown to ...

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

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

• Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Earlytown to Geneva, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,333 miles [11,801.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'