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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 Wootens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wootens 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 Wootens:
    • 32.263753, -87.573614
    • 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 Wootens
  • 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 Marengo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo County
    • Since Wootens is near Wilcox County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Wootens

Communities Also Named Wootens ...

We found one communities that are also named Wootens.

Within Alabama, the name Wootens is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Wootens in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wootens [Logan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wootens ...

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.

  • Alberta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alberta is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
  • Boiling Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boiling Springs is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Catherine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Catherine is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
  • Donald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Donald is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Flatwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatwood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Freetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Freetown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Half Chance
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Half Chance is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Chance
  • Hugo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hugo is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Kings ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Kings is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Lyon ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lyon is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
  • Magnolia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie

How Far From Wootens 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 Wootens 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<2> community of Wootens once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wootens and extending to:

  • Linden, which is the Seat of Marengo County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wootens to Linden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east (E). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wootens 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.
<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 Wootens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wootens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wootens 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 Wootens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2638, Longitude: -87.5736       In this case, the coordinates for Wootens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.051 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.549 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.857 degrees.