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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 Fort Davis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Davis 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 Fort Davis:
- 32.243201, -85.709673
- 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 Fort Davis
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Fort Davis is near Bullock County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bullock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Fort Davis
Communities Also Named Fort Davis ...
We found two communities that are also named Fort Davis.
Within Alabama, the name Fort Davis is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Jeff Davis County
- This Fort Davis is located in Jeff Davis County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the west of the Fort Davis that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Fort Davis.
- Virginia
- Prince George 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 Virginia community of Fort Davis [Prince George County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Davis ...
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.
- Cornerstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornerstone is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Cotton Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Valley is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
- Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Downs is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Hardaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- Liverpool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liverpool is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Peachburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peachburg is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachburg
- Union Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Warriorstand
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warriorstand is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warriorstand
How Far From Fort Davis 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 Fort Davis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Davis and extending to:
- Tuskegee, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Davis to Tuskegee, with an average speed<4> 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 35 miles [56.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Fort Davis) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Fort Davis 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fort Davis 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 Fort Davis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2432, Longitude: -85.7097 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Davis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.947 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.268 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.139 degrees. |
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