Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hawk Pride:
  • 34.685646, -87.803922
  • 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 Hawk Pride

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawk Pride ...

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.

• Crooked Oak
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crooked Oak is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Oak
• Flatwoods
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Flatwoods is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
• Gatesville ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gatesville is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
• Lime Rock
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lime Rock is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
• Little Zion ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Zion is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
• Milk Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Milk Springs is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milk Springs
• Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
• Pride Landing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pride Landing is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride Landing
• Prides Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Prides Ferry is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prides Ferry
• Red Rock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Red Rock is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
• Sand Lick ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sand Lick is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lick
• White House Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • White House Springs is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
• Woodland Landing ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Landing is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Landing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hawk Pride and extending to:

• Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hawk Pride to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'