Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Valley:
  • 34.477865, -85.714134
  • 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 Valley

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wills Valley ...

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.

• Alpine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Alpine is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Blake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Blake is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
• Bootsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bootsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootsville
• Council Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Council Bluff is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Bluff
• Fisher Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Fisher Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Crossroads
• High Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • High Point is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
• Hughes Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hughes Mill is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Mill
• Luna ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Luna is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
• Pine Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
• Plainview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Plainview is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Pleasant Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Pumpkin Center
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pumpkin Center is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
• Rainsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rainsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,149 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainsville <1>
• Stamp
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Stamp is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wills Valley and extending to:

• Fort Payne, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the South.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wills Valley to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 568 miles [914.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'