Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Underwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Underwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Underwood
- 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 Underwood:
- 34.871198, -87.700862
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Underwood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Since Underwood is near Colbert County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- eBird sighting report for Wayne 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Underwood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Underwood.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Underwood.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Underwood [Doniphan County].
- Greeley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Underwood [Greeley County].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Alger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Underwood [Alger County].
- Ingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Underwood [Ingham County].
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Underwood is located in Macon County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Underwood that is located in Lauderdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Underwood.
- Sevier County
- This Underwood is located in Sevier County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east northeast of the Underwood that is located in Lauderdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Underwood.
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Underwood ...
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.
- Cypress Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Cypress Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Forest
- Cypress Forest is located in Lauderdale County
- Cypress Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
- Cypress Heights is located in Lauderdale County
- Hickory Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Hills is located in Lauderdale County
- Lovelace Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelace Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace Crossroads
- Lovelace Crossroads is located in Lauderdale County
- Mansion View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansion View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansion View
- Mansion View is located in Lauderdale County
- Mars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Petersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Petersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Stoney Point ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Stoney Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Terrace View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
- Terrace View is located in Lauderdale County
- Three Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Three Forks is located in Lauderdale County
- Twin Brooks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Brooks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
- Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
How Far From Underwood 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 Underwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Underwood and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Underwood to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,240 miles [11,651.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Underwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Underwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Underwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8712, Longitude: -87.7009 In this case, the coordinates for Underwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Underwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Underwood 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Underwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.303 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.199 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.375 degrees. |