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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 Florette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Florette 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 Florette:
- 34.415810, -86.704297
- 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 Florette
- 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 Florette 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 Florette
Curious and Interesting Names Near Florette ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gum Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Spring is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Spring
- Lynntown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynntown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynntown
- Peach Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
- Six Mile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Six Mile is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
- Stringer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Woodland Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
How Far From Florette 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 Florette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Florette and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Florette to Decatur, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 142 miles [228.5 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 618 miles [994.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Florette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Florette 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 Florette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4158, Longitude: -86.7043 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.669 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.403 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.061 degrees. |
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