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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 Hazel Green, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hazel Green and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hazel Green:
    • 34.932178, -86.571815
    • 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 Hazel Green
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Hazel Green is near Lincoln County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Hazel Green

Communities Also Named Hazel Green ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hazel Green.

Within Alabama, the name Hazel Green is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Hazel Green is located in Cook County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the north of the Hazel Green that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Hazel Green.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hazel Green [Delaware County].
    • Kentucky
      • Wolfe County
      • This Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hazel Green that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Hazel Green.
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hazel Green [Shiawassee County].
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Hazel Green is located in Buncombe County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hazel Green that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Hazel Green.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Hazel Green is located in Marion County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hazel Green that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hazel Green.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Hazel Green is located in Grant County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hazel Green that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Hazel Green.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazel Green ...

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.

  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Five Points is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Key's Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Meridianville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mint Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mint Spring is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
  • Sulphur Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Three Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Three Oaks is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
  • Union Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Union Grove is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Walnut Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hazel Green to Huntsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hazel Green) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hazel Green 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hazel Green 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 Hazel Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9322, Longitude: -86.5718    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.614 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.412 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.89 degrees.