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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 Stringer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stringer 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 Stringer:
    • 34.435649, -86.756388
    • 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 Stringer
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Stringer is near Cullman County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Stringer

Communities Also Named Stringer ...

We found three communities that are also named Stringer.

Within Alabama, the name Stringer is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Stringer [Mississippi County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This Stringer is located in Jasper County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Stringer that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Stringer.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Stringer is located in Jefferson County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stringer that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Stringer.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stringer ...

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.

  • Apple Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Bluff City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bluff City is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Gum Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gum Spring is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Spring
  • Lynntown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lynntown is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynntown
  • Peach Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Peach Grove is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
  • Rocky Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Six Mile
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Six Mile is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
  • Union
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Union is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Union Hill is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Woodland Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills

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

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

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stringer to Decatur, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Stringer 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.
<2>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- Stringer) 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 Stringer 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 Stringer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4356, Longitude: -86.7564       In this case, the coordinates for Stringer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.701 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.443 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.078 degrees.