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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 Eva, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eva 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 Eva:
    • 34.330489, -86.756351
    • 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 Eva
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Eva is near Cullman County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Eva

Communities Also Named Eva ...

We found seven communities that are also named Eva.

Within Alabama, the name Eva is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Eva is located in Polk County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Eva that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eva.
    • Georgia
      • Houston 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 Georgia community of Eva [Houston County].
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Eva is located in Concordia Parish and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eva that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Eva.
    • North Carolina
      • Perquimans 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 North Carolina community of Eva [Perquimans County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Texas County
      • This Eva is located in Texas County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eva that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Eva.
    • Tennessee
      • Benton County
      • This Eva is located in Benton County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eva that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Eva.
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Eva is located in Ritchie County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eva that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Eva.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eva ...

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.

  • County Line
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • County Line is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
  • Dyers Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dyers Crossroads is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Crossroads
  • Gold Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gold Ridge is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
  • Lynntown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lynntown is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynntown
  • Peach Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Peach Grove is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Pleasant View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant View is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Providence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Providence is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Six Mile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Six Mile is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
  • Stringer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Stringer is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
  • Union Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Union Hill is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Eva to ...

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

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

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eva to Decatur, 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eva) 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 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 Eva 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 Eva 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 Eva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3305, Longitude: -86.7564       In this case, the coordinates for Eva have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.696 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.422 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.102 degrees.