Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sunny Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Home and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sunny Home

• 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 Sunny Home:
  • 34.084268, -87.699190
  • 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 Sunny Home

• 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Since Sunny Home is near Winston County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Sunny Home

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Home ...

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.

• Boar Tush
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Boar Tush is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boar Tush
  • Boar Tush has also been known as:
  • Boar Tusk
  • Boartush
  • Boartusk
• Brilliant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brilliant is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brilliant <1>
• German Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • German Crossing is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Crossing
• Gold Mine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gold Mine is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
• Lynn
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lynn is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
• Natural Bridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Natural Bridge is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Bridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natural Bridge <1>
• Piney Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Piney Grove is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Pull Tight
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pull Tight is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
• Rock City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock City is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
• Thornhill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Thornhill is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
• Tucker
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tucker is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunny Home and extending to:

• Hamilton, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Home to Hamilton, 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 142 miles [228.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'