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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 Haworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haworth 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 Haworth:
    • 34.136484, -86.053307
    • 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 Haworth
  • 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
    • Since Haworth is near DeKalb County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Haworth

Communities Also Named Haworth ...

We found four communities that are also named Haworth.

Within Alabama, the name Haworth is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Larimer 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 Colorado community of Haworth [Larimer County].
    • Kansas
      • Republic County
      • This Haworth is located in Republic County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Haworth that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Haworth.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • This Haworth is located in McCurtain County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the west of the Haworth that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Haworth.
    • Tennessee
      • Scott 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 Tennessee community of Haworth [Scott County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haworth ...

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.

  • Cave Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cave Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
  • Crudup
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crudup is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
  • Duck Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
  • Happy Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Happy Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Liberty is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Maryville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maryville is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
  • Noble Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Noble Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Hill
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Pulltight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pulltight is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
  • Rockledge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockledge is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
  • Scenic Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Heights is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
  • Yancy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Yancy is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Haworth once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Haworth and extending to:

  • Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Haworth to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Haworth 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Haworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Haworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Haworth 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 Haworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1365, Longitude: -86.0533       In this case, the coordinates for Haworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.261 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.893 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.859 degrees.