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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 Weeks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weeks 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 Weeks:
    • 31.150730, -86.116332
    • 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 Weeks
  • 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
    • Since Weeks is near Coffee County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Weeks

Communities Also Named Weeks ...

We found eight communities that are also named Weeks.

Within Alabama, the name Weeks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Bradley County
      • This Weeks is located in Bradley County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Weeks that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Weeks.
      • Scott County
      • This Weeks is located in Scott County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the west northwest of the Weeks that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Weeks.
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • This Weeks is located in Iberia Parish and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Weeks that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Weeks.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe 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 Weeks [Monroe County].
    • Nevada
      • Lyon 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 Nevada community of Weeks [Lyon County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • This Weeks is located in Bryan County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Weeks that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Weeks.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken 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 South Carolina community of Weeks [Aiken County].
      • Colleton County
      • This Weeks is located in Colleton County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Weeks that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Weeks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Weeks ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • County Line
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • County Line is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
  • Earlytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Earlytown is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlytown
  • Goodman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodman is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
  • Hollys Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hollys Ferry is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollys Ferry
  • Perry Store
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Perry Store is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Store
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Piney Grove is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Sellersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sellersville is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersville
  • Spears
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Spears is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears

How Far From Weeks 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 community such as Weeks to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Weeks to Geneva, with an average speed<4> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north (N). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 740 miles [1,190.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Weeks) 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 Weeks 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 Weeks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Weeks 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 Weeks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1507, Longitude: -86.1163       In this case, the coordinates for Weeks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.106 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.301 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.516 degrees.