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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 Wadsworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wadsworth 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 Wadsworth:
    • 32.674852, -86.450809
    • 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 Wadsworth
  • 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 Autauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga County
    • Since Wadsworth is near Chilton County and also Elmore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore 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 Wadsworth

Communities Also Named Wadsworth ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Wadsworth.

Within Alabama, the name Wadsworth is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Lake County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the north of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wadsworth.
    • Kansas
      • Ellis 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 Wadsworth [Ellis County].
      • Leavenworth County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Leavenworth County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leavenworth County community of Wadsworth.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Norfolk County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Wadsworth.
    • Michigan
      • Huron 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 Michigan community of Wadsworth [Huron County].
    • Nevada
      • Washoe County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Washoe County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Wadsworth.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Livingston County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Wadsworth.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Medina County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Wadsworth.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Butler County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Wadsworth.
      • Philadelphia 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 Wadsworth [Philadelphia County].
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Spartanburg County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Wadsworth.
    • Texas
      • Matagorda County
      • This Wadsworth is located in Matagorda County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wadsworth that is located in Autauga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Wadsworth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wadsworth ...

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.

  • Cold Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Springs is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Cooper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooper is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Knights Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Knights Ferry is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
  • Lightwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lightwood is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
  • Mountain Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
  • Nobles Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Nobles Ferry is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles Ferry
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pine Level
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Level is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Poseys Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Poseys Crossroads is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseys Crossroads
  • Stoney Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stoney Point is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point

How Far From Wadsworth to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wadsworth and extending to:

  • Prattville, which is the Seat of Autauga County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wadsworth to Prattville, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wadsworth) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wadsworth 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 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 Wadsworth 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 Wadsworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6749, Longitude: -86.4508       In this case, the coordinates for Wadsworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.412 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.866 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.335 degrees.