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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 Edgil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgil 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 Edgil:
- 33.901980, -87.355406
- 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 Edgil
- 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 Edgil is near Winston County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Edgil
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgil ...
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.
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Frisco Quarters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco Quarters is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Quarters
- Gamble
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holly Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jasper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnny Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Johnny Ford is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnny Ford
- Marigold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marigold is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pocahontas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rosehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rosehill is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
How Far From Edgil 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 Edgil to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Edgil and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Edgil to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 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 from Point A (ie- Edgil) 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 Edgil 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 Edgil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9020, Longitude: -87.3554 In this case, the coordinates for Edgil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.035 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.754 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.439 degrees. |
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