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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 Woodall Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodall Place 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 Woodall Place:
- 34.550921, -86.257483
- 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 Woodall Place
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Woodall Place is near Madison County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Woodall Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodall Place ...
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.
- Breezeway Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Breezeway Bay is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezeway Bay
- Bucksnort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Creek Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Creek Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ford
- Fishtrap Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fishtrap Ford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap Ford
- Glen Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Honeycomb Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Honeycomb Park is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycomb Park
- Keel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Maple Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ford
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Rocky Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Stapler Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stapler Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapler Ford
- Tanglewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Woodall Place 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 Woodall Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woodall Place and extending to:
- Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Woodall Place to Guntersville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Woodall Place) 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 Woodall Place 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 Woodall Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5509, Longitude: -86.2575 In this case, the coordinates for Woodall Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.405 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.117 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.847 degrees. |
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