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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 Ledbetter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ledbetter 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 Ledbetter:
    • 33.384832, -86.240808
    • 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 Ledbetter
  • 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 Ledbetter is near Saint Clair County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Ledbetter

Communities Also Named Ledbetter ...

We found five communities that are also named Ledbetter.

Within Alabama, the name Ledbetter is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee 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 Georgia community of Ledbetter [Muscogee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Livingston County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Ledbetter that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Ledbetter.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Richmond County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ledbetter that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Ledbetter.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Gibson County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ledbetter that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Ledbetter.
    • Texas
      • Fayette County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Fayette County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ledbetter that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Ledbetter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ledbetter ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fair Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Park is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Park
  • Fishtrap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fishtrap is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
  • Glovers Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Glovers Ferry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Ferry
  • Jonesview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jonesview is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesview
  • Kings Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kings Chapel is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Chapel
  • Papertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Papertown is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papertown
  • Plantersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Plantersville is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Risers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Risers is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risers
  • Thornhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Thornhill is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
  • Tucktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tucktown is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucktown
  • Winterboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Winterboro is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ledbetter and extending to:

  • Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ledbetter to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 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 Ledbetter 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ledbetter) 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 Ledbetter 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 Ledbetter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3848, Longitude: -86.2408       In this case, the coordinates for Ledbetter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.332 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.871 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.101 degrees.