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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 Richburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richburg 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 Richburg:
- 31.396834, -85.960776
- 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 Richburg
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Richburg is near Dale County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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 Richburg
Communities Also Named Richburg ...
We found four communities that are also named Richburg.
Within Alabama, the name Richburg is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Lamar County
- This Richburg is located in Lamar County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the west of the Richburg that is located in Coffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Richburg.
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Richburg [Marion County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Richburg is located in Allegany County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Richburg that is located in Coffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Richburg.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- This Richburg is located in Chester County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the northeast of the Richburg that is located in Coffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Richburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richburg ...
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.
- Damascus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Damascus is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Elba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Griffin Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Harpers Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harpers Ferry is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
- Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Honeysuckle Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Honeysuckle Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Indigo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indigo is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo
- Olivers Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Lake is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Lake
- Shell Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Heights
- Tabernacle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Valley Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
- Willow Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From Richburg 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 Richburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richburg and extending to:
- Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Richburg to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,194 miles [8,358.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Richburg 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Richburg 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 Richburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3968, Longitude: -85.9608 In this case, the coordinates for Richburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.252 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.409 degrees. |
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