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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 Womack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Womack 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 Womack:
    • 33.702878, -86.020804
    • 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 Womack
  • 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
    • Since Womack is near Talladega County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Womack

Communities Also Named Womack ...

We found seven communities that are also named Womack.

Within Alabama, the name Womack is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Jackson Parish
      • This Womack is located in Jackson Parish and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Womack that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson Parish community of Womack.
      • Red River Parish
      • This Womack is located in Red River Parish and lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the west southwest of the Womack that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Womack.
    • Missouri
      • Sainte Genevieve County
      • This Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Womack that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Womack.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in McClain County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Womack.
    • Tennessee
      • Warren County
      • This Womack is located in Warren County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the north of the Womack that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Womack.
    • Texas
      • Bosque County
      • This Womack is located in Bosque County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west of the Womack that is located in Calhoun County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bosque County community of Womack.
      • Victoria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Womack [Victoria County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Womack ...

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.

  • Blue Eye ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
  • Boiling Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boiling Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boozer ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Boozer is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
  • Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
  • Francis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Francis is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Francis Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Francis Ferry is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Ferry
  • Martins Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martins Mill is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mill
  • Peaceburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
  • Plum Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Plum Springs is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
  • Polkville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Polkville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
  • Refuge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Refuge is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
  • Ten Islands
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ten Islands is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Islands

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Womack once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Womack and extending to:

  • Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Womack to Anniston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 614 miles [988.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Womack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Womack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Womack 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.
<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 Womack 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 Womack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7029, Longitude: -86.0208       In this case, the coordinates for Womack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.219 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.784 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.943 degrees.