Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Motts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Motts and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Motts
- 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 Motts:
- 32.572360, -85.138549
- 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 Motts
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Motts is near Harris County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harris County
- eBird sighting report for Russell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Motts ...
We found one communities that share the name Motts.
Within Alabama, the name Motts is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Motts in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Motts ...
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.
- Bibb City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - City Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Crescent Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Ridge
- Crescent Ridge is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Double Churches
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Churches have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Churches
- Double Churches is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Fox Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Fox Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Green Island Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Island Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island Hills
- Green Island Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Jester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Meadows Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Crossroads
- Meadows Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Meadows Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Mill
- Meadows Mill is located in Lee County
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Peppertree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peppertree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
- Peppertree is located in Muscogee County (GA)
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- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Prince Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Ranch Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranch Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Forest
- Ranch Forest is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Rose Hill Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Hill Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Heights
- Rose Hill Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Twin Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Piney Grove
How Far From Motts 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 Motts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Motts and extending to:
- Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Motts to Opelika, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,226 miles [11,629.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Motts. 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Motts 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Motts) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Motts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5724, Longitude: -85.1385 In this case, the coordinates for Motts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Motts to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.634 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.849 degrees. |