Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Susannah:
  • 32.732898, -85.845089
  • 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 Susannah

• 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 Tallapoosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
  • Since Susannah is near Hale County and also Elmore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore 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 Susannah

Curious and Interesting Names Near Susannah ...

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.

• Cherokee Bluffs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherokee Bluffs is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Bluffs
• Double Bridges Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Double Bridges Ferry is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges Ferry
• Erie ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie is located in Hale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
• Ponders
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ponders is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders
• Red Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• River Bend ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • River Bend is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
• Robinson Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Robinson Ferry is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Ferry
• Rover
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rover is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
• Still Waters
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Still Waters is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Waters
• Union
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Union is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
• Walnut Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Susannah 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 Susannah 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<1> community of Susannah once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Susannah and extending to:

• Dadeville, which is the Seat of Tallapoosa County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Susannah to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,129 miles [8,254.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'