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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 Scyrene, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scyrene 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 Scyrene:
- 31.755710, -87.647775
- 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 Scyrene
- 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since Scyrene is near Monroe County and also Wilcox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox 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 Scyrene
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scyrene ...
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.
- Chance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chance is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Grove Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Peach Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Marshall Upper Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Packards Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Packards Bend is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packards Bend
- Peacock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peacock is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Roundhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Rural
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
How Far From Scyrene 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 Scyrene to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scyrene and extending to:
- Grove Hill, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Scyrene to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 773 miles [1,244 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scyrene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Scyrene 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 Scyrene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7557, Longitude: -87.6478 In this case, the coordinates for Scyrene have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.054 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.483 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.983 degrees. |
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