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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 Muklassa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Muklassa 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 Muklassa:
    • 32.425137, -86.162465
    • 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 Muklassa
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Muklassa is near Elmore County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Muklassa

Curious and Interesting Names Near Muklassa ...

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.

  • Arrowhead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Arrowhead is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Cooks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cooks is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
  • Halcyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Halcyon is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
  • Jasmine Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jasmine Hill is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Hill
  • Johnstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Johnstown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Landmarks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Landmarks is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmarks
  • Sunshine Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunshine Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
  • Timbers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Timbers is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers
  • Willow Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Springs is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
  • Winters Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Winters Ferry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Ferry

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Muklassa once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Muklassa and extending to:

  • Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Muklassa to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Muklassa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Muklassa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Muklassa 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 Muklassa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4251, Longitude: -86.1625       In this case, the coordinates for Muklassa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.225 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.615 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.275 degrees.