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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 Old Alabam, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Alabam 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 Old Alabam:
- 36.134519, -93.679635
- 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 Old Alabam
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Old Alabam is near Carroll County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Old Alabam
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Alabam ...
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.
- Cave Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Spring is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Forum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forum is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forum
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hartwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartwell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marble
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Purdy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Rocky Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Truth ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Truth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truth
- Wolf Pen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Pen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pen
How Far From Old Alabam 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 Old Alabam to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Alabam and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Alabam to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Alabam) 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 Old Alabam 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 Old Alabam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1345, Longitude: -93.6796 In this case, the coordinates for Old Alabam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.217 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.902 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.768 degrees. |
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