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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 Laneville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laneville 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 Laneville:
- 32.522635, -87.596394
- 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 Laneville
- 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 Hale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Since Laneville is near Marengo County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Laneville
Communities Also Named Laneville ...
We found six communities that are also named Laneville.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Laneville.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Lowndes 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 Laneville [Lowndes County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Labette County
- This Laneville is located in Labette County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<2> to the northwest of the Laneville that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Laneville.
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Laneville is located in Armstrong County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Laneville that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Laneville.
- Texas
- Rusk County
- This Laneville is located in Rusk County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<2> to the west of the Laneville that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Laneville.
- West Virginia
- Tucker County
- This Laneville is located in Tucker County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Laneville that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Laneville.
- Wisconsin
- Pepin County
- This Laneville is located in Pepin County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Laneville that is located in Hale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pepin County community of Laneville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laneville ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alfalfa is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Hillcrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lock Five
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Five is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Five
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rabbityard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbityard is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbityard
- Rosemary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Sugarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sugarville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Laneville 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 Laneville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laneville and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Hale County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Laneville to Greensboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Laneville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Laneville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Laneville 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 Laneville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5226, Longitude: -87.5964 In this case, the coordinates for Laneville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.085 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.623 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.816 degrees. |
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