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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 Sumterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sumterville 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 Sumterville:
- 32.711944, -88.239003
- 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 Sumterville
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Sumterville is near Greene County and also Kemper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper 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 Sumterville
Communities Also Named Sumterville ...
We found one communities that are also named Sumterville.
Within Alabama, the name Sumterville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Sumterville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Sumter County
- This Sumterville is located in Sumter County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sumterville that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Sumterville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sumterville ...
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.
- Braggville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Braggville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
- Craigs Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Craigs Ferry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Ferry
- Electric Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fowler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Geiger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hillman Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillman Ferry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Ferry
- Lizzieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lukes Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lukes Landing is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Landing
- Moore Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Old Scooba ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Scooba is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba
- Porterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yanceys Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yanceys Ferry is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceys Ferry
How Far From Sumterville 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 Sumterville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sumterville and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sumterville to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,236 miles [8,426.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sumterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sumterville 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 Sumterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7119, Longitude: -88.2390 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.487 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.036 degrees. |
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