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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 Street, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Street 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 Street:
    • 34.278427, -86.326093
    • 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 Street
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Street is near Blount County and also Cullman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman 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 Street

Communities Also Named Street ...

We found two communities that are also named Street.

Within Alabama, the name Street is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Street is located in Harford County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Street that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Street.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Street is located in Worcester County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Street that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Street.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Street ...

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.

  • Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Crossroads is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Diamond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Diamond is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Gregory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Point is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadow Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Wood is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Pleasant Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rabbit Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rabbit Town is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
  • Sunrise Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise Shores is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Shores

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Street once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Street and extending to:

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Street to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,082 miles [8,178.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Street) 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 Street, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Street 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 Street. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2784, Longitude: -86.3261       In this case, the coordinates for Street have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.433 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.111 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.937 degrees.