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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 Whitsitt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitsitt 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 Whitsitt:
- 32.600966, -87.592228
- 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 Whitsitt
- 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 Hale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Since Whitsitt is near Perry County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 Whitsitt
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitsitt ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alfalfa is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Cedarville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Laneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Laneville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Lock Five
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lock Five is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Five
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rabbityard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rabbityard is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbityard
- Rosemary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Sugarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Whitsitt 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 Whitsitt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whitsitt and extending to:
- Greensboro, which is the Seat of Hale County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Whitsitt to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 733 miles [1,179.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitsitt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Whitsitt 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 Whitsitt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6010, Longitude: -87.5922 In this case, the coordinates for Whitsitt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.088 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.799 degrees. |
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