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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 Scott City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scott City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Scott City:
    • 33.547049, -86.579707
    • 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 Scott City
  • 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 Scott City is near Saint Clair County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Scott City

Communities Also Named Scott City ...

We found five communities that are also named Scott City.

Within Alabama, the name Scott City is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Sullivan County
      • This Scott City is located in Sullivan County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north of the Scott City that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Scott City.
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Kansas community of Scott City [Clark County].
      • Scott County
      • This Scott City is located in Scott County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Scott City that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Scott City.
    • Missouri
      • Atchison County
      • Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Scott City.
      • Scott County
      • This Scott City is located in Scott County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Scott City that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Scott City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scott City ...

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.

  • Battleground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Battleground is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleground
  • Braggsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Braggsville is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggsville
  • Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Dale ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dale is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Heritage Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Park is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
  • Hundred Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hundred Oaks is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
  • Irondale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Highlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Highlands is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Highlands
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Maplewood is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Moody
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Moody is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <3>
  • Moore Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore Corner is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Corner
  • Mountain Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Forest is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Forest
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Oak Crossing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Crossing is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Crossing
    • Queenstown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Queenstown is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
    • Rock Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
    • Roper
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Roper is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Rose Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Saddlebrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Saddlebrook is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
    • Woodland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village

How Far From Scott City to ...

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 Scott City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scott City and extending to:

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Scott City to Birmingham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scott City) 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 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 Scott City 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 Scott City 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 Scott City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5470, Longitude: -86.5797       In this case, the coordinates for Scott City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.544 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.139 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.201 degrees.