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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 Sayre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sayre 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 Sayre:
- 33.712327, -86.974441
- 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 Sayre
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Sayre is near Walker County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Sayre
Communities Also Named Sayre ...
We found six communities that are also named Sayre.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Sayre.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Montgomery 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 Alabama community of Sayre [Montgomery County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ouachita County
- This Sayre is located in Ouachita County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the west of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Sayre.
- Kansas
- Ford County
- This Sayre is located in Ford County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Sayre.
- Ohio
- Perry County
- This Sayre is located in Perry County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sayre.
- Oklahoma
- Beckham County
- This Sayre is located in Beckham County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Sayre.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- This Sayre is located in Bradford County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sayre that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Sayre.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sayre ...
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.
- Bryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Flat Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Top is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
- Littleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Littleton Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Ferry
- Partridge Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Partridge Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Crossroads
- Petes Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petes Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Crossroads
- Robbins Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Short Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Short Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Ferry
- Snowtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snowtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowtown
- Vulcan
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vulcan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Sayre 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 Sayre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sayre and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sayre to Birmingham, with an average speed<4> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 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 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 Sayre 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 '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- Sayre) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sayre 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 Sayre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7123, Longitude: -86.9744 In this case, the coordinates for Sayre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.792 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.325 degrees. |
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