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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 Marigold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marigold 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 Marigold:
    • 33.938162, -87.315009
    • 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 Marigold
  • 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Since Marigold is near Winston County and also Cullman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman 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 Marigold

Communities Also Named Marigold ...

We found seven communities that are also named Marigold.

Within Alabama, the name Marigold is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Marigold lies 2,099 miles [3,378 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marigold that is located in Walker County.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Marigold is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,706 miles [2,745.5 km]<1> to the west of the Marigold that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Marigold.
      • Yuba County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Marigold [Yuba County].
    • Colorado
      • Teller County
      • This Marigold is located in Teller County and lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marigold that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teller County community of Marigold.
    • Illinois
      • Randolph County
      • This Marigold is located in Randolph County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Marigold that is located in Walker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Marigold.
    • Kansas
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Marigold [Meade County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Marigold [Marquette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marigold ...

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.

  • Curry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Curry is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
  • Falls City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Falls City is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Frisco Quarters
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Frisco Quarters is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Quarters
  • Gamble
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gamble is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
  • Jasper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Johnny Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnny Ford is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnny Ford
  • Marylee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Marylee is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
  • Poplar Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Prospect
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Prospect is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rosehill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosehill is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
  • Spain Ford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spain Ford is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain Ford
  • Sunlight
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sunlight is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight

How Far From Marigold to ...

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

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

  • Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Marigold to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Marigold) 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 Marigold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Marigold 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Marigold 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 Marigold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9382, Longitude: -87.3150       In this case, the coordinates for Marigold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.012 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.734 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.415 degrees.