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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 Morrow Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morrow Acres 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 Morrow Acres:
    • 34.348703, -86.257481
    • 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 Morrow Acres
  • 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 Morrow Acres 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 Morrow Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Morrow Acres ...

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.

  • Claysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Claysville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Gregory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gregory is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Henryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Henryville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
  • Hide Away Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hide Away Acres is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide Away Acres
  • Hustleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hustleville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lane is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Little New York
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Little New York is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little New York
  • Meadow Wood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Wood is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Minorville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
  • Mountain View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain View is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Playground Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Playground Shores is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playground Shores
    • Rabbit Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
    • Sunrise Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunrise Shores is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Shores
    • Town Creek Ferry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Town Creek Ferry is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek Ferry

How Far From Morrow Acres to ...

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

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

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Morrow Acres to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morrow Acres) 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 Morrow Acres 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 Morrow Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3487, Longitude: -86.2575       In this case, the coordinates for Morrow Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.395 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.077 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.894 degrees.