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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 Kimbrough Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kimbrough Crossroads 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 Kimbrough Crossroads:
- 34.826754, -87.763363
- 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 Kimbrough Crossroads
- 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 Kimbrough Crossroads is near Colbert County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Kimbrough Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kimbrough Crossroads ...
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.
- Cypress Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Cypress Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cypress Forest is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Forest
- Cypress Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cypress Heights is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Lovelace Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lovelace Crossroads is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace Crossroads
- Mansion View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mansion View is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansion View
- Petersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Three Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Kimbrough Crossroads 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 Kimbrough Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kimbrough Crossroads and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Kimbrough Crossroads to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,120 miles [8,239.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kimbrough Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Kimbrough Crossroads 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 Kimbrough Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8268, Longitude: -87.7634 In this case, the coordinates for Kimbrough Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.411 degrees. |
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