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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 Nash Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nash 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 Nash Town:
    • 33.118175, -87.059716
    • 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 Nash 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 Bibb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
    • Since Nash Town is near Shelby County and also Tuscaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa 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 Nash Town

Communities Also Named Nash Town ...

We found one communities that are also named Nash Town.

Within Alabama, the name Nash Town is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Nash Town in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Nash Town is located in Westmoreland County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the northeast of the Nash Town that is located in Bibb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Nash Town.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nash 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.

  • Bucktown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bucktown is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Flat Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Flat Top is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
  • Hebron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hebron is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Italian Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Italian Town is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
  • Marvel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marvel is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
  • Masena
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Masena is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masena
  • Piper
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Piper is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
  • Primitive Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Primitive Ridge is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primitive Ridge
  • Red Eagle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Eagle is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Eagle
  • Stacks Hill ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stacks Hill is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacks Hill

How Far From Nash Town to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nash Town 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<2> community of Nash Town once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Nash Town and extending to:

  • Centreville, which is the Seat of Bibb County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nash Town to Centreville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 686 miles [1,104 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Nash Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Nash Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Nash 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 Nash Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1182, Longitude: -87.0597       In this case, the coordinates for Nash Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.805 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.381 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.484 degrees.