Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Nitrate City:
  • 34.758192, -87.559620
  • 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 Nitrate City

• 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
  • Since Nitrate City is near Lauderdale County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Nitrate City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nitrate City ...

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.

• Cave Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cave Spring is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Ford City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ford City is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
• Houston Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Houston Corner is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
• Lakeview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Lakeview Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lakeview Heights is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
• Lakeview Highlands
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview Highlands is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Highlands
• Listerhill
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Listerhill is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listerhill
• Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Muscle Shoals
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Muscle Shoals is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscle Shoals
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,877 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscle Shoals <1>
• Paradise Points
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Paradise Points is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Points
• Virginia Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Virginia Shores is located in Colbert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Shores

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

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

• Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Nitrate City to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'