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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 Twin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin 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 Twin:
- 34.008309, -87.853516
- 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 Twin
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Twin is near Fayette County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Twin
Communities Also Named Twin ...
We found three communities that are also named Twin.
Within Alabama, the name Twin is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Marion County
- This Twin is located in Marion County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Twin that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Twin.
- Ohio
- Preble 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 Ohio community of Twin [Preble County].
- Washington
- Clallam County
- This Twin is located in Clallam County and lies 2,091 miles [3,365.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Twin that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Twin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin ...
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.
- Bobo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bobo is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Brilliant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Mine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Mine is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Pea Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pea Ridge is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pull Tight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pull Tight is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Tucker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Wayside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Twin 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 town such as Twin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin and extending to:
- Hamilton, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Twin to Hamilton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,160 miles [8,304.2 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 from Point A (ie- Twin) 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 Twin 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Twin 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 Twin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0083, Longitude: -87.8535 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.345 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.621 degrees. |
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