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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 Kymulga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kymulga 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 Kymulga:
- 33.334000, -86.298865
- 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 Kymulga
- 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 Talladega County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- Since Kymulga is near Shelby County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Kymulga
Communities Also Named Kymulga ...
We found one communities that are also named Kymulga.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Kymulga.
Beyond Alabama.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Morgan 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 Alabama community of Kymulga [Morgan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kymulga ...
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.
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chancellor Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erratta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erratta is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erratta
- Glovers Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glovers Ferry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Ferry
- Grove Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Indian Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hill is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Kings Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kings Chapel is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Chapel
- Minor Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minor Terrace is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Terrace
- Papertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Papertown is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papertown
- Plantersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plantersville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Risers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Risers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risers
- Winterboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
How Far From Kymulga 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 Kymulga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kymulga and extending to:
- Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kymulga to Talladega, with an average speed<4> 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Kymulga 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Kymulga) 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 Kymulga 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 Kymulga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3340, Longitude: -86.2989 In this case, the coordinates for Kymulga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.90 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.135 degrees. |
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