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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 Stough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stough 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 Stough:
- 33.695665, -87.744460
- 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 Stough
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Stough is near Tuscaloosa County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Stough
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stough ...
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.
- Berry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Bobo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bobo is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Fowlers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlers Crossroads is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Crossroads
- Gumbud
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gumbud is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbud
- Howard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Pea Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
How Far From Stough 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 Stough to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stough and extending to:
- Fayette, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Stough to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 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- Stough) 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 Stough 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 Stough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6957, Longitude: -87.7445 In this case, the coordinates for Stough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.258 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.984 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.641 degrees. |
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