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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 Ranburne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ranburne 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 Ranburne:
- 33.523053, -85.344999
- 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 Ranburne
- 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
- Since Ranburne is near Randolph County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Ranburne
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ranburne ...
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.
- Bucktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bucktown is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cedar Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Gold Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Ridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
- Graham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hawk is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
- Hightower
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Joel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joel is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lofty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Trickem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trickem is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Ranburne 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 town such as Ranburne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ranburne and extending to:
- Heflin, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ranburne to Heflin, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,195 miles [11,579.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ranburne) 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 Ranburne 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 Ranburne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5231, Longitude: -85.3450 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.807 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.284 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.716 degrees. |
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