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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 Harris Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harris Station 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 Harris Station:
- 34.658628, -86.970157
- 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 Harris Station
- 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 Harris Station is near Morgan County and also Colbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert 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 Harris Station
Communities Also Named Harris Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Harris Station.
Within Alabama, the name Harris Station is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Harris Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Ross County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Harris Station [Ross County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harris Station ...
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.
- Bonnie Doone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cloverleaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Crowtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crowtown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Farmview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farmview is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- Green Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Hickory Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Indian Trace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
- Jones Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Lawngate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawngate is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawngate
- Riverview ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sweetwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Tanner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tanner Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tanner Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Crossroads
- Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Harris Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harris Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Harris Station and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Harris Station to Athens, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Harris Station 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harris Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Harris Station 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 Harris Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6586, Longitude: -86.9702 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.638 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.117 degrees. |
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