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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 Hugley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hugley 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 Hugley:
- 32.431986, -85.245719
- 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 Hugley
- 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
- Since Hugley is near Lee County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Hugley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hugley ...
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.
- Brickyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brickyard is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard
- Edgewood Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood Forest is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Forest
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Meadows Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meadows Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Crossroads
- Meadows Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Meadows Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Mill
- Mitchell Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Crossroads
- Prince Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Sandfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandfort is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfort
- Society Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
How Far From Hugley 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 Hugley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hugley and extending to:
- Phenix City, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hugley to Phenix City, with an average speed<2> 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 61 miles [98.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 640 miles [1,030 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,116 miles [8,233.4 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- Hugley) 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 Hugley 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 Hugley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4320, Longitude: -85.2457 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.688 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.995 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.921 degrees. |
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