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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:
    • 34.948141, -87.868920
    • 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since Stewartville is near Wayne County and also Colbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert 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 ...
    • Coosa County
      • This Stewartville is located in Coosa County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stewartville that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa 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 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Lauderdale 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 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stewartville that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Stewartville.
    • Ontario
      • This Stewartville lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Lauderdale County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Stewartville is located in Crawford County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stewartville that is located in Lauderdale 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.

  • Cloverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cypress Inn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
  • Dart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dart is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dart
  • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Gravelly Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
  • Lovelace Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lovelace Crossroads is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace Crossroads
  • Mansion View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mansion View is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansion View
  • Melvin ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Melvin is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Murphy Cross Roads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy Cross Roads is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cross Roads
  • Ransom Stand
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ransom Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Stand
  • Sage ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sage is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
  • Stout
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout

How Far From Stewartville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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:

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stewartville to Florence, with an average speed<4> 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 199 miles [320.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,244 miles [11,658.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 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 obstructions 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 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 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: 34.9481, Longitude: -87.8689       In this case, the coordinates for Stewartville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.412 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.334 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.429 degrees.