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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 East Tallassee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Tallassee 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 East Tallassee:
- 32.535801, -85.892946
- 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 East Tallassee
- 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 Tallapoosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
- Since East Tallassee is near Elmore County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 East Tallassee
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Tallassee ...
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.
- Buckville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buckville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
- Butts Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butts Mill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts Mill
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Golddust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golddust is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Jordanville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jordanville is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Reeltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From East Tallassee 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 East Tallassee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Tallassee and extending to:
- Dadeville, which is the Seat of Tallapoosa County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Tallassee to Dadeville, 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,262 miles [11,687.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Tallassee) 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 East Tallassee 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 East Tallassee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5358, Longitude: -85.8929 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.074 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.455 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.147 degrees. |
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