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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 White Water, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Water 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 White Water:
- 32.464024, -86.635535
- 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 White Water
- 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 White Water is near Lowndes County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 White Water
Communities Also Named White Water ...
We found three communities that are also named White Water.
Within Alabama, the name White Water is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This White Water is located in Riverside County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the White Water that is located in Autauga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of White Water.
- San Diego 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 California community of White Water [San Diego County].
- Nova Scotia
- This White Water lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the White Water that is located in Autauga County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Water ...
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.
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Evergreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hunting Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Live Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Live Oaks is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oaks
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mulberry is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Peace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peace is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace
- Poseys Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poseys Crossroads is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseys Crossroads
- Prattville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From White Water 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 White Water to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Water and extending to:
- Prattville, which is the Seat of Autauga County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from White Water to Prattville, with an average speed<4> 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 697 miles [1,121.7 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 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,176 miles [8,330 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Water) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 White Water 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 White Water 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 White Water. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4640, Longitude: -86.6355 In this case, the coordinates for White Water have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.507 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.947 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.451 degrees. |
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