Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lay Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lay Springs and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lay Springs

• 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 Lay Springs:
  • 34.168429, -85.856636
  • 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 Lay Springs

• 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
  • Since Lay Springs is near Cherokee County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Lay Springs

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lay Springs ...

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.

• Bath Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bath Springs is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Springs
• Coat's Bend
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
• Dixon Shop
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dixon Shop is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Shop
• Flanders
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Flanders is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
• Greenwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Griffin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Griffin is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
• Kings Hill ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kings Hill is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Hill
• Leesburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leesburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <1>
• Leonard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Leonard is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
• Maple Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Grove is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Scrougeout ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Scrougeout is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrougeout
• Slackland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Slackland is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
• Turkeytown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
• Wood Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wood Ferry is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Ferry

How Far From Lay Springs 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 Lay Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lay Springs and extending to:

• Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lay Springs to Gadsden, with an average speed<3> 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 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,190 miles [11,571.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'