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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 Yerkwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yerkwood 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 Yerkwood:
- 33.687902, -87.079858
- 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 Yerkwood
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since Yerkwood is near Jefferson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Yerkwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yerkwood ...
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.
- Barney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Bryan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Dovertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flat Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Top is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Glover Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glover Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
- Littleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Littleton Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Littleton Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Ferry
- Media
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pumpkin Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Red Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Reeds Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snowtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snowtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowtown
- Williams Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williams Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ferry
How Far From Yerkwood 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 Yerkwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yerkwood and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yerkwood to Jasper, with an average speed<2> 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 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yerkwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Yerkwood 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 Yerkwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6879, Longitude: -87.0799 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.854 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.516 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.373 degrees. |
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