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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 Pyriton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pyriton 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 Pyriton:
- 33.363168, -85.833852
- 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 Pyriton
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Pyriton is near Talladega County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Pyriton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pyriton ...
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.
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- High Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Pine is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pine
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hopeful
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopeful is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeful
- Lineville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Rays Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rays Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossroads
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Pyriton 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 Pyriton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pyriton and extending to:
- Ashland, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the South.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pyriton to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pyriton) 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 Pyriton 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 Pyriton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3632, Longitude: -85.8339 In this case, the coordinates for Pyriton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.088 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.945 degrees. |
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