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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 Santuck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santuck 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 Santuck:
- 32.632909, -86.129689
- 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 Santuck
- 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 Elmore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Since Santuck is near Coosa County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Santuck
Communities Also Named Santuck ...
We found one communities that are also named Santuck.
Within Alabama, the name Santuck is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Santuck in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Bradley 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 Arkansas community of Santuck [Bradley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santuck ...
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.
- Blueberry Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blueberry Hill is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hill
- Central
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Cotton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Eclectic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Falkner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falkner is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner
- Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Hidden Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Forest is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Kid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kid is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kid
- Quail Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Run is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Riddle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riddle is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Tarwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarwater is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarwater
How Far From Santuck 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 community such as Santuck to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Santuck and extending to:
- Wetumpka, which is the Seat of Elmore County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Santuck to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 667 miles [1,073.4 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 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Santuck 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Santuck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Santuck 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 Santuck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6329, Longitude: -86.1297 In this case, the coordinates for Santuck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.219 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.637 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.219 degrees. |
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