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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 Piney Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney Chapel 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 Piney Chapel:
- 34.855087, -86.933617
- 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 Piney Chapel
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Piney Chapel is near Colbert County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Piney Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Chapel ...
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.
- Bonnie Doone
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
- Cloverleaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Cottonwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cross Key
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cross Key is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Key
- Farmview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmview is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- French Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mill
- Glenn Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn Valley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Valley
- Hay's Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Holland Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holland Place is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Place
- Indian Trace
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
- Locke Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Locke Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Crossroads
- Mayflower
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mayflower is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Persimmon Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Persimmon Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon Grove
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Walnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Yorkshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
How Far From Piney Chapel 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 Piney Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Piney Chapel and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Piney Chapel to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Piney Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Piney Chapel 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 Piney Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8551, Longitude: -86.9336 In this case, the coordinates for Piney Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.831 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.652 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.058 degrees. |
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