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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 North Auburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Auburn 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 North Auburn:
    • 32.654855, -85.451060
    • 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 North Auburn
  • 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Since North Auburn is near Chambers County and also Tallapoosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa 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 North Auburn

Communities Also Named North Auburn ...

We found four communities that are also named North Auburn.

Within Alabama, the name North Auburn is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This North Auburn is located in Placer County and lies 2,028 miles [3,263.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the North Auburn that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of North Auburn.
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin County
      • This North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Auburn that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of North Auburn.
    • Nebraska
      • Nemaha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of North Auburn [Nemaha County].
    • Ohio
      • Crawford County
      • This North Auburn is located in Crawford County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the North Auburn that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of North Auburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Auburn ...

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.

  • Cedar Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Brook is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
  • Cloverleaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cloverleaf is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
  • Farmville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Farmville is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Forestdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Forestdale is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Glen Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Glen Haven is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Granite Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hills
  • India Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • India Lakes is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Lakes
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Pickwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pickwood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood
  • Ridge Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ridge Grove is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Grove
  • Rocky Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Brook is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
  • Stonewall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonewall is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
  • Village Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Village Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Auburn and extending to:

  • Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the East.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from North Auburn to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Auburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 North Auburn 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.
<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 North Auburn 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 North Auburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6549, Longitude: -85.4511       In this case, the coordinates for North Auburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.822 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.18 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.951 degrees.