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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 Lot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lot 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 Lot:
    • 34.269538, -86.135810
    • 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 Lot
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Lot is near DeKalb County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Lot

Communities Also Named Lot ...

We found one communities that are also named Lot.

Within Alabama, the name Lot is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Lot in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Whitley County
      • This Lot is located in Whitley County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lot that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Lot.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lot ...

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.

  • Double Bridges
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Double Bridges is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
  • Hustleville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hustleville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
  • Kilpatrick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kilpatrick is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilpatrick
  • Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lane is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Marshall
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Minorville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
  • Painter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Painter is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter
  • Peters ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Peters is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
  • Pulltight
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pulltight is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
  • Rains ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rains is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
  • Rogers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogers is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lot once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lot and extending to:

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lot to Guntersville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the south (S). 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 596 miles [959.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lot 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 Lot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2695, Longitude: -86.1358       In this case, the coordinates for Lot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.317 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.977 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.862 degrees.