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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 Section, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Section 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 Section:
- 34.700367, -87.476414
- 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 Section
- 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Since Section is near Lawrence County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Section
Communities Also Named Section ...
We found two communities that are also named Section.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Section.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Section in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Jackson County
- This Section is located in Jackson County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the east of the Section that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Section.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Coffey 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 Section [Coffey County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Section ...
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.
- Aqua Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aqua Vista is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqua Vista
- Cave Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cottontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cottontown is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottontown
- Edmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edmond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Egypt Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Egypt Ford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Ford
- Fishermans Resort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fishermans Resort is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Resort
- Ford City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Listerhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Listerhill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listerhill
- Lock Three
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lock Three is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Three
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Paradise Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Points is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Points
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Poplar Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Red Bank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Rocky Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Shady Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Town Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valley Grove is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Virginia Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Shores is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Shores
- Wolf Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wolf Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Springs
How Far From Section 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 Section to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Section and extending to:
- Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Section to Tuscumbia, 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 174 miles [280 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 645 miles [1,038 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Section) 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 Section 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 Section 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 Section. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7004, Longitude: -87.4764 In this case, the coordinates for Section have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.005 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.318 degrees. |
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