Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Jagger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Jagger and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Jagger

• 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 New Jagger:
  • 33.815386, -87.356951
  • 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 New Jagger

• 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
  • Since New Jagger is near Fayette County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 New Jagger

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Jagger ...

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.

• Coal Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coal Valley is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
• Five Points
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Five Points is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Frisco Quarters
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Frisco Quarters is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Quarters
• Gamble
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gamble is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
• Holly Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Grove is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
• Jasper
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jasper is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,278 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <1>
• Johnny Ford
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnny Ford is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnny Ford
• Kings Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Kings Mill is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
• Mountain Valley ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Valley is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
• Pleasant Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Providence
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Providence is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Jagger and extending to:

• Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from New Jagger to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 672 miles [1,081.5 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 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'