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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 Old Harmony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Harmony and the surrounding area.
- 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 Old Harmony:
- 33.938709, -86.061917
- 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 Old Harmony
- 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 Old Harmony is near Calhoun County and also Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair 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 Old Harmony
Communities Also Named Old Harmony ...
We found one communities that are also named Old Harmony.
Within Alabama, the name Old Harmony is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Old Harmony in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Old Harmony [Saint Clair County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Harmony ...
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.
- Fowler Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Ferry
- Gilberts Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilberts Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Ferry
- Goodyear
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodyear is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
- Greensport Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greensport Ferry is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensport Ferry
- Gum Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Happy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hood is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Lester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Listers Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Listers Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listers Ferry
- Pilgrims Rest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Pull Tight ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pull Tight is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
- Rainbow City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walnut Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
- Wisdom Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wisdom Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Ferry
How Far From Old Harmony 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 Old Harmony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Harmony and extending to:
- Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Old Harmony to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 606 miles [975.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,085 miles [8,183.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Old Harmony 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Old Harmony 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 Old Harmony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9387, Longitude: -86.0619 In this case, the coordinates for Old Harmony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.256 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.86 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.907 degrees. |
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