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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 Haywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haywood 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 Haywood:
    • 33.303728, -85.388561
    • 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 Haywood
  • 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Since Haywood is near Heard County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Heard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Haywood

Communities Also Named Haywood ...

We found ten communities that are also named Haywood.

Within Alabama, the name Haywood is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Haywood is located in Jefferson County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Haywood.
    • Georgia
      • Chattooga County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Haywood [Chattooga County].
      • Ware County
      • This Haywood is located in Ware County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Haywood.
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • This Haywood is located in Barren County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the north of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Haywood.
    • Manitoba
      • This Haywood lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham County
      • This Haywood is located in Chatham County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Haywood.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Haywood is located in Pittsburg County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Haywood.
    • Virginia
      • Madison County
      • This Haywood is located in Madison County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Haywood.
      • Richmond County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Haywood [Richmond County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Haywood is located in Harrison County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Haywood that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Haywood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haywood ...

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.

  • Big Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Big Springs is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
  • Cornhouse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornhouse is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornhouse
  • High Shoals
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Shoals is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
  • Liberty Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Mason
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mason is located in Heard County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Napoleon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Napoleon is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
  • Peace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Peace is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace
  • Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Providence is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Red Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Oak is located in Heard County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Rockdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockdale is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Rocky Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rocky Branch is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haywood and extending to:

  • Wedowee, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the West.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Haywood to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Haywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Haywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Haywood 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.
<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 Haywood 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 Haywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3037, Longitude: -85.3886       In this case, the coordinates for Haywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.821 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.27 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.783 degrees.