Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Misty Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Misty Harbor and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Misty Harbor

• 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 Misty Harbor:
  • 34.026768, -86.929169
  • 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 Misty Harbor

• 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 Cullman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
  • Since Misty Harbor is near Blount County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Misty Harbor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Misty Harbor ...

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.

• Black Bottom
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
• Center Community
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Center Community is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Community
• Cold Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cold Springs is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Colony
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Colony is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
• Damascus
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Damascus is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Dodge City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dodge City is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
• Good Hope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Good Hope is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
• Grandview
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Grandview is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
• Sulphur Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Trimble
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Trimble is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Misty Harbor and extending to:

• Cullman, which is the Seat of Cullman County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Misty Harbor to Cullman, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'