Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wills Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wills Crossroads and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wills Crossroads

• 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 Wills Crossroads:
  • 31.556280, -85.179654
  • 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 Wills Crossroads

• 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
  • Since Wills Crossroads is near Clay County and also Early County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Early 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 Wills Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wills Crossroads ...

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.

• Days Crossroads
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Days Crossroads is located in Clay County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
• Graball
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Graball is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
  • Former names for Graball:
  • Hart's Crossroads
  • Hudspeth's Crossroads
• Hebron
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hebron is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Jones Crossing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Crossing is located in Clay County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
• Pecan
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pecan is located in Clay County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
• Pleasant Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Barbour County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Richards Crossroads
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Richards Crossroads is located in Barbour County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Crossroads
• Screamer
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Screamer is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
• Shorterville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Shorterville is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville
• Union
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Union is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wills Crossroads and extending to:

• Abbeville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wills Crossroads to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,271 miles [11,701.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'