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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 Moore Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moore Town 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 Moore Town:
    • 32.550970, -88.106966
    • 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 Moore Town
  • 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Since Moore Town is near Greene County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 Moore Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moore Town ...

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.

  • Braggville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Braggville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
  • Brewersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Brewersville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
  • Deans Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Deans Landing is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Landing
  • Dug Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dug Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
  • Hall Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hall Creek is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Creek
  • Hillman Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillman Ferry is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Ferry
  • Intercourse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Intercourse is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
  • Lukes Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lukes Landing is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Landing
  • Moscow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moscow is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Moscow Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Moscow Ferry is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Ferry
  • Scratch Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Scratch Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Hill
  • Zion Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

  • Livingston, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Moore Town to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,237 miles [8,428.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Moore Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Moore Town 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 Moore Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5510, Longitude: -88.1070       In this case, the coordinates for Moore Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.394 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.985 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.014 degrees.