Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Gourdsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gourdsville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Gourdsville

• 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 Gourdsville:
  • 34.989528, -87.090289
  • 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 Gourdsville

• 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
  • Since Gourdsville is near Giles County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Gourdsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gourdsville ...

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.

• Easter Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Easter Ferry is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Ferry
• Good Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Good Springs is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
• Leggtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Leggtown is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggtown
• Lester
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lester is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
• Minnow Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Minnow Ford is located in Giles County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow Ford
• Minor Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
• Prospect
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Prospect is located in Giles County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <1>
• Scarce Grease
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Scarce Grease is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarce Grease
• Union Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Union Hill is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
• Veto
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Veto is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
• Walnut Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Hill is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gourdsville and extending to:

• Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gourdsville to Athens, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 616 miles [991.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'