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 Robinsons:
32.330139, -86.559143
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 Robinsons
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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Robinsons.
Within Alabama, the name Robinsons is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Randolph County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Robinsons [Randolph County].
Maine
Aroostook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Robinsons [Aroostook County].
Michigan
Huron County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Robinsons [Huron County].
Mississippi
Tallahatchie County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Robinsons [Tallahatchie County].
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Robinsons [Merrimack County].
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Robinsons lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Robinsons that is located in Lowndes County.
Ohio
Union County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Robinsons.
Texas
Rusk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Robinsons [Rusk County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Robinsons ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Robinsons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Robinsons and extending to:
Hayneville, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Robinsons to Hayneville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Robinsons 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Robinsons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Robinsons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Robinsons 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 Robinsons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3301, Longitude: -86.5591 In this case, the coordinates for Robinsons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.453 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.865 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.448 degrees.