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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 Steele, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steele 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 Steele:
- 33.936824, -86.200992
- 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 Steele
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Steele is near Etowah County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Steele
Communities Also Named Steele ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Steele.
Within Alabama, the name Steele is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- This Steele is located in Washington County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Steele that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Steele.
- California
- San Luis Obispo County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Steele [San Luis Obispo County].
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Steele is located in Will County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the north of the Steele that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Steele.
- Indiana
- Adams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Steele [Adams County].
- Kentucky
- Morgan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Steele [Morgan County].
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Steele [Pike County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Steele [Attala County].
- Scott County
- This Steele is located in Scott County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Steele that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Steele.
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Steele is located in Pemiscot County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Steele that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Steele.
- Montana
- Chouteau County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Steele [Chouteau County].
- North Dakota
- Kidder County
- This Steele is located in Kidder County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Steele that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kidder County community of Steele.
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Steele.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Steele [Montgomery County].
- Virginia
- Alleghany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Steele [Alleghany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Steele ...
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.
- Egypt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Gallant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Gilbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gum Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Happy Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hopper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopper is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
- Lester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lester is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Listers Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Listers Ferry is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listers Ferry
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Maudlin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maudlin is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudlin
- Moodys Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moodys Chapel is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Chapel
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Mountain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Nix ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Rainbow City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Redbud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Redbud is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Walnut Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
How Far From Steele 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 town such as Steele to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Steele and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Steele to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Steele) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Steele, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Steele 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Steele 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 Steele. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9368, Longitude: -86.2010 In this case, the coordinates for Steele have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.339 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.956 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.963 degrees. |
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