Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rorex, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rorex and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rorex

• 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 Rorex:
  • 34.686195, -85.877753
  • 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 Rorex

• 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Since Rorex is near DeKalb County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Rorex

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rorex ...

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.

• Central
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Central is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Ferncliff ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferncliff is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
• Georgetown
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Georgetown is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Gray ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Gray is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
• Hodge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hodge is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Index ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Index is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
• Martintown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Martintown is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
• Sublett Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sublett Ferry is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett Ferry

How Far From Rorex 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 Rorex to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Rorex once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rorex and extending to:

• Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Rorex to Scottsboro, with an average speed<3> 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'