Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sweet Gum:
  • 34.978139, -87.418355
  • 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 Sweet Gum

• 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • Since Sweet Gum is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Sweet Gum

Communities Also Named Sweet Gum ...

We found one communities that are also named Sweet Gum.

Within Alabama, the name Sweet Gum is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Sweet Gum in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Fannin County
    • This Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the east of the Sweet Gum that is located in Lauderdale County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Sweet Gum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweet Gum ...

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.

• Grassy
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Grassy is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
• Green Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Kingtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Kingtown is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
• Liberty Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
• Mitchelltown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mitchelltown is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
• Palestine ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Palestine is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
• Peppertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Peppertown is located in Lawrence County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
• Posey ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Posey is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
• Rascal Town
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
• Slabtown ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown

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

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

• Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sweet Gum to Florence, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'