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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 Noojinsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Noojinsville 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 Noojinsville:
    • 34.002043, -85.918581
    • 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 Noojinsville
  • 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
    • Since Noojinsville is near Calhoun County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Noojinsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Noojinsville ...

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.

  • Coat's Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
  • Daisy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Daisy is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Edwardsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Fowler Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fowler Ferry is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Ferry
  • Goodyear
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Goodyear is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
  • Hokes Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hokes Bluff Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hokes Bluff Ferry is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff Ferry
  • Keysburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Keysburg is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
  • Luke
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Luke is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
  • Pull Tight ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pull Tight is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
  • Rock Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rock Spring is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
  • Wisdom Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Wisdom Ferry is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Ferry

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

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

  • Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the West.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Noojinsville 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 597 miles [960.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Noojinsville) 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 Noojinsville 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 Noojinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0020, Longitude: -85.9186       In this case, the coordinates for Noojinsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.173 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.774 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.835 degrees.