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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 Town Creek Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Creek Ferry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Town Creek Ferry:
    • 34.383979, -86.225814
    • 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 Town Creek Ferry
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Town Creek Ferry is near DeKalb County and also Madison 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 Madison 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 Town Creek Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Town Creek Ferry ...

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.

  • Claysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Claysville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Glen Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Glen Haven is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Gregory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gregory is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Henryville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Henryville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
  • Hide Away Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hide Away Acres is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide Away Acres
  • Holiday Shores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Hustleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hustleville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
  • Jink ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jink is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jink
  • Lakeview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lane is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Little New York
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Little New York is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little New York
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Minorville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Minorville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
    • Mountain View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountain View is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Peters ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Peters is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Playground Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Playground Shores is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playground Shores
    • Poplar Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs

How Far From Town Creek Ferry to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Town Creek Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Town Creek Ferry and extending to:

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Town Creek Ferry to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Town Creek Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Town Creek Ferry 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 Town Creek Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3840, Longitude: -86.2258       In this case, the coordinates for Town Creek Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.377 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.062 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.873 degrees.