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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 Standard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Standard 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 Standard:
    • 32.414028, -88.292251
    • 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 Standard
  • 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Since Standard is near Lauderdale County and also Choctaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Standard

Communities Also Named Standard ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Standard.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Standard.

Beyond Alabama, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Walker County
      • This Standard is located in Walker County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Standard.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Standard lies 3,344 miles [5,381.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
    • Alberta
      • This Standard lies 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
    • California
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Standard is located in Tuolumne County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Standard.
    • Illinois
      • Putnam County
      • This Standard is located in Putnam County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Standard.
    • Indiana
      • Sullivan County
      • This Standard is located in Sullivan County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the north of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Standard.
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • This Standard is located in La Salle Parish and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the west of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Standard.
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Standard is located in Vernon Parish and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the west southwest of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Standard.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • This Standard is located in Garrett County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Standard.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock County
      • This Standard is located in Hancock County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Standard.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • Although located in DeKalb County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Standard.
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt 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 North Carolina community of Standard [Pitt County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan 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 Oklahoma community of Standard [Logan County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Standard is located in Westmoreland County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Standard.
    • Texas
      • Grayson 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 Texas community of Standard [Grayson County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Standard is located in Kanawha County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the northeast of the Standard that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Standard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Standard ...

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.

  • Brewersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brewersville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
  • Chapel Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Charles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Charles is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
  • Cuba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cuba is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
  • Deans Landing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Deans Landing is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Landing
  • Derby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Derby is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Dove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dove is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
  • Intercourse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Intercourse is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
  • Moore Town
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Moore Town is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
  • Persimmon Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Persimmon Grove is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon Grove
  • Scratch Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Scratch Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Hill
  • Whynot
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
  • Zion Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Standard 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 Standard to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Livingston, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Standard to Livingston, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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 6,666 miles [10,727.9 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 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Standard) 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 Standard 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 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 Standard 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 Standard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4140, Longitude: -88.2923       In this case, the coordinates for Standard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.495 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.084 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.113 degrees.