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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 Hightogy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hightogy 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 Hightogy:
- 33.695129, -88.094421
- 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 Hightogy
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Hightogy is near Fayette County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Hightogy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hightogy ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Border Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Border Springs is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Springs
- Crossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crossville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
- Fernbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flint Hill is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Kingville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingville is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingville
- Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Star is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
How Far From Hightogy 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 Hightogy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hightogy and extending to:
- Vernon, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hightogy to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hightogy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hightogy 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 Hightogy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6951, Longitude: -88.0944 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.471 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.231 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.784 degrees. |
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