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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 Stewartville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewartville 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 Stewartville:
    • 33.079222, -86.245069
    • 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 Stewartville
  • 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 Coosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
    • Since Stewartville is near Talladega County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Stewartville

Communities Also Named Stewartville ...

We found eight communities that are also named Stewartville.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Lauderdale County
      • This Stewartville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stewartville that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Stewartville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Contra Costa 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 Stewartville [Contra Costa County].
    • Georgia
      • Lamar 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 Georgia community of Stewartville [Lamar County].
    • Kansas
      • Stewartville #1
      • 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 Kansas community of Stewartville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Stewartville is located in Franklin County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Stewartville.
    • Minnesota
      • Olmsted County
      • This Stewartville is located in Olmsted County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stewartville that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Stewartville.
    • Ontario
      • This Stewartville lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Coosa County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Stewartville is located in Crawford County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Coosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Stewartville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewartville ...

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.

  • Chancellors Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chancellors Ferry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellors Ferry
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Lake Joy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Joy is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Joy
  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
  • Sunrise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Unity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Unity is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Warm Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Warm Springs is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs

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

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

  • Rockford, which is the Seat of Coosa County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Stewartville to Rockford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,132 miles [8,259.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Stewartville) 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 Stewartville, 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 Stewartville 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 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 Stewartville 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 Stewartville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0792, Longitude: -86.2451    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.316 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.81 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.169 degrees.