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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 Wattsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wattsville 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 Wattsville:
- 33.681490, -86.279700
- 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 Wattsville
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Wattsville is near Talladega County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Wattsville
Communities Also Named Wattsville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Wattsville.
Within Alabama, the name Wattsville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wattsville [Winn Parish].
- Nebraska
- Platte County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Platte County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Wattsville.
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- This Wattsville is located in Carroll County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Wattsville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Wattsville.
- South Carolina
- Laurens County
- This Wattsville is located in Laurens County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wattsville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Wattsville.
- Tennessee
- Robertson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wattsville [Robertson County].
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- This Wattsville is located in Accomack County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wattsville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Wattsville.
- West Virginia
- Clay County
- This Wattsville is located in Clay County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<3> to the northeast of the Wattsville that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Wattsville.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wattsville [Milwaukee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wattsville ...
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.
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Coal City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cool Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cool Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Dunrowin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunrowin is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunrowin
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- England Isle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- England Isle is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England Isle
- Glen City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Greens Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greens Mill is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Halls Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Ferry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mitchells Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchells Ferry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Ferry
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Park Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Park Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pine Orchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Orchard is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woods Ferry is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
How Far From Wattsville 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 Wattsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wattsville and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Wattsville to Ashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wattsville 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. |
| <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 Wattsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wattsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wattsville 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 Wattsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6815, Longitude: -86.2797 In this case, the coordinates for Wattsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.372 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.959 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.052 degrees. |
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