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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 Larkin's Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larkin's Fork 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 Larkin's Fork:
    • 34.872309, -86.205540
    • 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 Larkin's Fork
  • 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Larkin's Fork is near Franklin County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Larkin's Fork

Curious and Interesting Names Near Larkin's Fork ...

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.

  • Coptown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Coptown is located in Franklin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coptown
  • Hollytree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollytree is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
  • Hytop
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hytop is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
  • Jack Lane ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jack Lane is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Lane
  • Little Nashville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Little Nashville is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nashville
  • Mud Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mud Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
  • Narrows ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Narrows is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
  • Pleasant Groves
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
  • Skyline
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Skyline is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Sunset ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset

How Far From Larkin's Fork 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 Larkin's Fork 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 Larkin's Fork once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Larkin's Fork and extending to:

  • Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Larkin's Fork to Scottsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Larkin's Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Larkin's Fork) 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 Larkin's Fork 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 Larkin's Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8723, Longitude: -86.2055       In this case, the coordinates for Larkin's Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.389 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.143 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.752 degrees.