Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Huldah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huldah and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Huldah

• 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 Huldah:
  • 34.075097, -86.468598
  • 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 Huldah

• 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Since Huldah is near Etowah County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Huldah

Curious and Interesting Names Near Huldah ...

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.

• Bird ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bird is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
• Bright Star
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bright Star is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
• Clarence
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Clarence is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
• Craig
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Craig is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
• Five Points
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Points is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Fridays Crossing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
• Hoods Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
• Liberty
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Murphy Ford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Murphy Ford is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
• New Home
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • New Home is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
• Old Snead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Old Snead is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Snead
• Royal
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Royal is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
• Susan Moore
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Susan Moore is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people

How Far From Huldah 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 Huldah 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<1> community of Huldah once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Huldah and extending to:

• Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the South.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Huldah to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>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 620 miles [997.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'