Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Uniontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Uniontown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Uniontown
- 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 Uniontown:
- 32.447641, -87.509460
- 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 Uniontown
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Uniontown is near Marengo County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marengo County
- eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Uniontown ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Uniontown.
Within Alabama, the name Uniontown is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- This Uniontown is located in Jackson County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the north of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Uniontown.
- Perry County
- This Uniontown is located in Perry County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km] to the north of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Uniontown.
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- This Uniontown is located in Bourbon County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Uniontown.
- Johnson 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 Kansas community of Uniontown [Johnson County].
- Leavenworth 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 Uniontown [Leavenworth County].
- Shawnee 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 Uniontown [Shawnee County].
- Wyandotte County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wyandotte County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Uniontown.
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Uniontown [Belmont County].
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Uniontown.
- Muskingum 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 Uniontown [Muskingum County].
- Stark County
- This Uniontown is located in Stark County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Uniontown.
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Clatsop County
- This Uniontown is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Uniontown.
- Jackson 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 Oregon community of Uniontown [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin 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 Pennsylvania community of Uniontown [Dauphin County].
- Fayette County
- This Uniontown is located in Fayette County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Uniontown.
- Indiana County
- This Uniontown is located in Indiana County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km] to the northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Uniontown.
- Northumberland County
- This Uniontown is located in Northumberland County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km] to the northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Uniontown.
- Venango County
- This Uniontown is located in Venango County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the north northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Uniontown.
- York County
- This Uniontown is located in York County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the northeast of the Uniontown that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Uniontown.
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Uniontown ...
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.
- Freetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Perry County
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Laneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Lyon ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Rabbityard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbityard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbityard
- Rabbityard is located in Perry County
- Sugarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
- Sugarville is located in Perry County
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Uniontown 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 town such as Uniontown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Uniontown and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Uniontown to Marion, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east (E). 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 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Uniontown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Perry County: www.perrycounty-al.org/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Uniontown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Uniontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4476, Longitude: -87.5095 In this case, the coordinates for Uniontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Uniontown 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> | 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 Uniontown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Uniontown 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 314.027 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.546 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.797 degrees. |