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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 Equality, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Equality 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 Equality:
    • 32.762850, -86.101887
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Equality
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Equality ...

We found five communities that share the name Equality.

Within Alabama, the name Equality is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Gallatin County
      • This Equality is located in Gallatin County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Equality that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Equality.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Equality is located in Ohio County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north of the Equality that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Equality.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Equality [Anderson County].
    • Texas
      • Harrison 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 Texas community of Equality [Harrison County].
    • Washington
      • Skagit County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Equality [Skagit County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Equality ...

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.

  • Central
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Elmore County
  • Cottage Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
    • Cottage Grove is located in Coosa County
  • Cotton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
    • Cotton is located in Elmore County
  • Falkner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner
    • Falkner is located in Elmore County
  • Fishpond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishpond
    • Fishpond is located in Coosa County
  • Jordan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Elmore County
  • Kid
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kid
    • Kid is located in Elmore County
  • Nixburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixburg
    • Nixburg is located in Coosa County
  • Speed
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speed have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
    • Speed is located in Coosa County

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

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

  • Rockford, which is the Seat of Coosa County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Equality to Rockford, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 660 miles [1,062.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Equality. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Equality) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Equality. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7629, Longitude: -86.1019    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Equality 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Equality, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Equality to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.211 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.645 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.18 degrees.









 

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