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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 Lim Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lim Rock 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 Lim Rock:
- 34.672225, -86.188933
- 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 Lim Rock
- 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 Lim Rock is near Marshall County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Lim Rock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lim Rock ...
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.
- Berrys ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Cedar Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Dry Cove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Cove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Cove
- Hollytree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Beach is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Beach
- Little Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Nashville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nashville
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Paint Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pikeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Pleasant Groves
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Roseberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roseberry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Skyline Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Shores is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Shores
How Far From Lim Rock 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 Lim Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lim Rock and extending to:
- Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lim Rock to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Lim Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lim Rock 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 Lim Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6722, Longitude: -86.1889 In this case, the coordinates for Lim Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.369 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.093 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.791 degrees. |
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