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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 Keys Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keys Chapel 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 Keys Chapel:
    • 34.941196, -87.670305
    • 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 Keys Chapel
  • 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since Keys Chapel is near Wayne County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Keys Chapel

Communities Also Named Keys Chapel ...

We found one communities that are also named Keys Chapel.

Within Alabama, the name Keys Chapel is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Keys Chapel in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Keys Chapel [Bedford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Keys Chapel ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Falconhead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Falconhead is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconhead
  • Hickory Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Iron City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
  • Light ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Light is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
  • Lockland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockland is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockland
  • Lovelace Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lovelace Crossroads is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace Crossroads
  • Mansion View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mansion View is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansion View
  • Mars Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Petersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Petersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
  • Stoney Point ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Stoney Point is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
  • Terrace View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Terrace View is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Twin Brooks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
    • Twin Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Village Pines
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Village Pines is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
    • Zip City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City

How Far From Keys Chapel 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 Keys Chapel 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<2> community of Keys Chapel once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Keys Chapel and extending to:

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Keys Chapel to Florence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,111 miles [8,225.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Keys Chapel 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.
<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 Keys Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keys Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Keys Chapel 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 Keys Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9412, Longitude: -87.6703       In this case, the coordinates for Keys Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.288 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.191 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.347 degrees.