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 Gordonville:
32.153216, -86.715154
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 Gordonville
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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nine communities that are also named Gordonville.
Within Alabama, the name Gordonville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Polk County
This Gordonville is located in Polk County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the southeast of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Gordonville.
Michigan
Midland County
This Gordonville is located in Midland County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the north of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Gordonville.
Missouri
Cape Girardeau County
This Gordonville is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Gordonville.
Ohio
Brown County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Gordonville.
Ontario
This Gordonville lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Gordonville is located in Lancaster County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Gordonville.
Quebec
This Gordonville lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
South Carolina
Williamsburg County
This Gordonville is located in Williamsburg County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Gordonville.
Texas
Grayson County
This Gordonville is located in Grayson County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gordonville that is located in Lowndes County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Gordonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gordonville ...
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.
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 town such as Gordonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gordonville and extending to:
Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Gordonville to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 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 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,316 miles [11,774 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,194 miles [8,358.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Gordonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Gordonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Gordonville 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 Gordonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1532, Longitude: -86.7152
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.532 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.933 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.544 degrees.