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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 Youngtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Youngtown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Youngtown:
    • 34.416763, -87.390855
    • 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 Youngtown
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Youngtown is near Winston County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Youngtown

Communities Also Named Youngtown ...

We found six communities that are also named Youngtown.

Within Alabama, the name Youngtown is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Youngtown is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the west of the Youngtown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Youngtown.
    • Kansas
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Youngtown [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Youngtown is located in Butler County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the north of the Youngtown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Youngtown.
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • This Youngtown is located in Waldo County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Youngtown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Youngtown.
    • Missouri
      • Cedar County
      • Although located in Cedar County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Youngtown.
    • North Dakota
      • Morton County
      • This Youngtown is located in Morton County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Youngtown that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Youngtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Youngtown ...

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.

  • Flat Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Harmony
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmony is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Hickory Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Longtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Longtown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
  • Mount Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Hope is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Muck City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Muck City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
  • Needmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Needmore is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Oak Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Orange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Pinhook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pinhook is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Trace Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Trace Ford is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace Ford
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Youngtown and extending to:

  • Moulton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Youngtown 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 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,247 miles [11,662.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Youngtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Youngtown 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.
<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 Youngtown 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 Youngtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4168, Longitude: -87.3909       In this case, the coordinates for Youngtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.087 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.886 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.344 degrees.