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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 Hartselle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartselle 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 Hartselle:
- 34.443569, -86.934746
- 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 Hartselle
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Hartselle is near Limestone County and also Cullman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman 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 Hartselle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartselle ...
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.
- Basham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Basham is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basham
- Burningtree Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedar Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crowtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crowtown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Flint City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Georgia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Gum Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gum Spring is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Spring
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Leesdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Priceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Six Way
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Six Way is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Way
- Tanner Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tanner Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Heights
How Far From Hartselle 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 city such as Hartselle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hartselle and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hartselle to Decatur, with an average speed<3> 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 147 miles [236.6 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartselle) 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 Hartselle 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 Hartselle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4436, Longitude: -86.9347 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.81 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.15 degrees. |
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