Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Lazy Living Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lazy Living Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lazy Living Acres

• 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 Lazy Living Acres:
  • 34.763977, -87.173627
  • 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 Lazy Living Acres

• 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
  • Since Lazy Living Acres is near Lauderdale County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Lazy Living Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lazy Living Acres ...

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.

• Cave Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cave Spring is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Cedar Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Confluence
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
• Elk Shores
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk Shores is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Shores
• Flower Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Flower Hill is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
• Jerusalem
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jerusalem is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
• Lakeview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Lawngate
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawngate is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawngate
• Oliver
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oliver is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
• Paradise Shores
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Paradise Shores is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Shores
• Poplar Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar Creek is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
• Poplar Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
• Shoemaker Springs ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shoemaker Springs is located in Limestone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Springs

How Far From Lazy Living Acres to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lazy Living Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lazy Living Acres and extending to:

• Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lazy Living Acres to Athens, with an average speed<2> 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'