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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 Harkness Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harkness Crossroads 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 Harkness Crossroads:
- 33.914266, -86.722772
- 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 Harkness Crossroads
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Harkness Crossroads is near Cullman County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Harkness Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harkness Crossroads ...
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.
- Bent Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Tree is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Cedar Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- County Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- High Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Rock is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rock
- Little Shenandoah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Shenandoah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shenandoah
- Little Warrior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Locust Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nectar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nectar is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Selfville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Smoke Rise
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Thermal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thermal is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal
How Far From Harkness Crossroads 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 Harkness Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harkness Crossroads and extending to:
- Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Harkness Crossroads to Oneonta, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Harkness Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Harkness Crossroads 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 Harkness Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9143, Longitude: -86.7228 In this case, the coordinates for Harkness Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.652 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.179 degrees. |
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