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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 The Moon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Moon 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 The Moon:
    • 33.158450, -86.238585
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on The Moon
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named The Moon ...

We found twelve communities that share the name The Moon.

Within Alabama, the name The Moon is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of The Moon [Livingston County].
    • Kansas
      • Chautauqua County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of The Moon [Chautauqua County].
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan County
      • This The Moon is located in Morgan County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of The Moon.
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of The Moon [Charlevoix County].
      • Muskegon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of The Moon [Muskegon County].
    • Mississippi
      • Coahoma County
      • This The Moon is located in Coahoma County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of The Moon.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • This The Moon is located in McCurtain County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the west of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of The Moon.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This The Moon is located in Allegheny County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of The Moon.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This The Moon is located in Pennington County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of The Moon.
    • Tennessee
      • Wayne County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of The Moon [Wayne County].
    • Virginia
      • Mathews County
      • This The Moon is located in Mathews County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mathews County community of The Moon.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • This The Moon is located in Marathon County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the The Moon that is located in Talladega County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of The Moon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Moon ...

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.

  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Talladega County
  • Lake Joy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Joy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Joy
    • Lake Joy is located in Talladega County
  • Liberty Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Liberty Hill is located in Talladega County
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
  • Papertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papertown
    • Papertown is located in Talladega County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Talladega County
  • Risers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Risers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risers
    • Risers is located in Talladega County
  • Sunrise
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunrise is located in Talladega County
  • Warm Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
    • Warm Springs is located in Talladega County

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

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

  • Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from The Moon to Talladega, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 648 miles [1,042.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Moon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 The Moon 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Moon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Moon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1585, Longitude: -86.2386       In this case, the coordinates for The Moon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 The Moon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 The Moon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.317 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.822 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.149 degrees.









 

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