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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 Wilburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilburn 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 Wilburn:
    • 33.951770, -87.034170
    • 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 Wilburn
  • 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 Cullman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
    • Since Wilburn is near Walker County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Wilburn

Communities Also Named Wilburn ...

We found seven communities that are also named Wilburn.

Within Alabama, the name Wilburn is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • This Wilburn is located in Cleburne County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilburn that is located in Cullman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Wilburn.
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • This Wilburn is located in Columbia County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wilburn that is located in Cullman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Wilburn.
    • Illinois
      • Marshall 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 Illinois community of Wilburn [Marshall County].
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Wilburn [Ford County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Wilburn lies 1,591 miles [2,560.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilburn that is located in Cullman County.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee 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 South Carolina community of Wilburn [Cherokee County].
    • Virginia
      • Lunenburg County
      • This Wilburn is located in Lunenburg County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wilburn that is located in Cullman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lunenburg County community of Wilburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilburn ...

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.

  • Black Bottom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
  • Cold Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cold Springs is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Colony
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Colony is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
  • Coon Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coon Creek is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
  • Crane Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Creel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Creel is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
  • Curry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Curry is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
  • Damascus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Damascus is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Dodge City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dodge City is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
  • Empire
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Empire is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Marylee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Marylee is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylee
  • Misty Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Misty Harbor is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Harbor
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Red Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Hill is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Red Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Rock is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Sulpher Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Sulpher Springs is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulpher Springs
    • Sulphur Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Cullman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Sunlight
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Sunlight is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
    • Trimble
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Trimble is located in Cullman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble

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

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

  • Cullman, which is the Seat of Cullman County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilburn to Cullman, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,127 miles [8,251.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Wilburn) 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 Wilburn 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 Wilburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Wilburn 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 Wilburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9518, Longitude: -87.0342       In this case, the coordinates for Wilburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.843 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.54 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.298 degrees.