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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 Listers Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Listers Ferry 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 Listers Ferry:
- 33.924543, -86.051917
- 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 Listers Ferry
- 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 Listers Ferry is near Calhoun County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Listers Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Listers Ferry ...
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.
- Fowler Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fowler Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Ferry
- Gilberts Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilberts Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Ferry
- Goodyear
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodyear is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
- Greensport Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greensport Ferry is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensport Ferry
- Gum Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Happy Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hood is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Keysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Keysburg is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Lester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Pilgrims Rest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Pull Tight ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pull Tight is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
- Rainbow City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
- Wisdom Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wisdom Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Ferry
How Far From Listers Ferry 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 Listers Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Listers Ferry and extending to:
- Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Listers Ferry to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Listers Ferry) 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 Listers Ferry 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 Listers Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9245, Longitude: -86.0519 In this case, the coordinates for Listers Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.249 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.85 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.906 degrees. |
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