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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 Six Way, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Six Way 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 Six Way:
- 34.524538, -86.882782
- 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 Six Way
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Six Way is near Limestone County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Six Way
Curious and Interesting Names Near Six Way ...
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.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Burningtree Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Cave Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Cedar Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Crowtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crowtown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Flint City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Georgia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Priceville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rockhouse Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse Landing is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse Landing
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Six Way 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 Six Way to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Six Way and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Six Way to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Six Way) 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 Six Way 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 Six Way. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5245, Longitude: -86.8828 In this case, the coordinates for Six Way have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.55 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.11 degrees. |
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