Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Snead:
  • 34.107041, -86.365261
  • 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 Snead

• 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Since Old Snead is near Etowah County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Snead

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Snead ...

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.

• Bird ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bird is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
• Bright Star
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bright Star is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
• Clarence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarence is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
• Craig
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Craig is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
• Fridays Crossing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
• Highmound
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Highmound is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
• New Home
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • New Home is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
• Nixon Chapel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Nixon Chapel is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon Chapel
• Redbud
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Redbud is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
• Reedbrake ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
• Susan Moore
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Susan Moore is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
• Walnut Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Old Snead and extending to:

• Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Snead to Oneonta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'