Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Town and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Town
- 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 Town:
- 33.602327, -86.886938
- 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 New 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since New Town is near Walker County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walker County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 New Town ...
We found 24 communities that share the name New Town.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named New Town.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Jackson County
- Montgomery County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of New Town [Carroll County].
- Crawford County
- This New Town is located in Crawford County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of New Town.
- Georgia
- Gordon County
- This New Town is located in Gordon County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of New Town.
- Wilkes County
- This New Town is located in Wilkes County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of New Town.
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This New Town is located in Sunflower County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of New Town.
- Tate County
- This New Town is located in Tate County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the west northwest of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tate County community of New Town.
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Richmond County
- This New Town is located in Richmond County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of New Town.
- Scotland County
- This New Town is located in Scotland County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east northeast of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of New Town.
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of New Town.
- Hocking County
- This New Town is located in Hocking County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of New Town.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- This New Town is located in Hardin County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of New Town.
- Marshall County
- This New Town is located in Marshall County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of New Town.
- Maury County
- This New Town is located in Maury County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of New Town.
- Virginia
- Norfolk City
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of New Town [Norfolk City].
- Radford City
- This New Town is located in Radford City and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Town that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of New Town.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near New 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.
- Coalburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Dogtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Fieldstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Fieldstown is located in Jefferson County
- Forestdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Jefferson County
- Frances Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frances Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Heights
- Frances Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Glasgow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hillview
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Merrywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Mineral Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Republic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Scarlet Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarlet Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Town
- Scarlet Town is located in Jefferson County
- Sunset Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mountain
- Sunset Mountain is located in Jefferson County
How Far From New Town 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 New Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Town and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from New Town to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Town. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6023, Longitude: -86.8869 In this case, the coordinates for New Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 New Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 New Town 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 New Town to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.733 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.364 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.313 degrees. |