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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 Tabor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tabor 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 Tabor:
    • 34.151484, -85.918026
    • 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 Tabor
  • 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
    • Since Tabor is near DeKalb County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Tabor

Communities Also Named Tabor ...

We found 22 communities that are also named Tabor.

Within Alabama, the name Tabor is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Tabor lies 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • This Tabor is located in Boulder County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Tabor.
    • Illinois
      • De Witt County
      • This Tabor is located in De Witt County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Witt County community of Tabor.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tabor [Delaware County].
    • Iowa
      • Fremont County
      • This Tabor is located in Fremont County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Tabor.
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Tabor [Clay County].
      • Republic County
      • This Tabor is located in Republic County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Tabor.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Tabor is located in Polk County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Tabor.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Tabor is located in Morris County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Tabor.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tabor [Robeson County].
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Tabor is located in Carroll County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Tabor.
    • Oklahoma
      • Creek County
      • This Tabor is located in Creek County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Tabor.
    • Ontario
      • This Tabor lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the north of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Tabor is located in Philadelphia County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Tabor.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Tabor is located in Oconee County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Tabor.
    • South Dakota
      • Bon Homme County
      • This Tabor is located in Bon Homme County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bon Homme County community of Tabor.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Tabor is located in Cumberland County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Tabor.
      • Meigs County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Meigs County].
      • Roane County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Roane County].
    • Texas
      • Brazos County
      • This Tabor is located in Brazos County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Tabor.
    • Virginia
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tabor [Washington County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Tabor is located in Racine County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the north of the Tabor that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Tabor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tabor ...

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.

  • Bath Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bath Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Springs
  • Coat's Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
  • Duck Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Duck Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Springs
  • Flanders
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Flanders is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Kings Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kings Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Hill
  • Lay Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lay Springs is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay Springs
  • Marcus ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marcus is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
  • Scrougeout ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Scrougeout is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrougeout
  • Slackland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Slackland is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackland
  • Turkeytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Turkeytown is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
  • Yancy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Yancy is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy

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

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

  • Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tabor to Gadsden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tabor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tabor 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tabor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tabor 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 Tabor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1515, Longitude: -85.9180       In this case, the coordinates for Tabor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.181 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.803 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.801 degrees.