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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 Tillery Crossroad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tillery Crossroad 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 Tillery Crossroad:
- 32.693744, -85.196052
- 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 Tillery Crossroad
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Tillery Crossroad is near Harris County and also Chambers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers 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 Tillery Crossroad
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tillery Crossroad ...
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.
- Crooked Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crooked Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Glass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glass is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Houston Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Houston Ferry is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Ferry
- Jester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jester is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- River View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Tillery Crossroad 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 Tillery Crossroad to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tillery Crossroad and extending to:
- Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tillery Crossroad to Opelika, with an average speed<3> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tillery Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tillery Crossroad 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 Tillery Crossroad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6937, Longitude: -85.1961 In this case, the coordinates for Tillery Crossroad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.674 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.844 degrees. |
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