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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 Toonersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toonersville 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 Toonersville:
- 34.863141, -87.337798
- 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 Toonersville
- 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 Toonersville is near Lawrence County and also Limestone 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 Limestone 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 Toonersville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toonersville ...
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.
- Big Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Big Oak is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Center Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Center Star is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Star
- Confluence
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Ferry Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ferry Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Shores
- Fishermans Resort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fishermans Resort is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Resort
- Houstontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houstontown is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstontown
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Kingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingtown is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
- Lambs Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lambs Ferry is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Ferry
- Lock Three
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Three is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Three
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mitchelltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mitchelltown is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Moody Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moody Ford is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Ford
- Oliver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Red Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Romine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Romine is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
How Far From Toonersville 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 Toonersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toonersville and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toonersville to Florence, with an average speed<3> 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 181 miles [291.3 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 632 miles [1,017.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 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- Toonersville) 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 Toonersville 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 Toonersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8631, Longitude: -87.3378 In this case, the coordinates for Toonersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.08 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.939 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.224 degrees. |
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