Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Alaculsy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alaculsy and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Alaculsy

• 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 Alaculsy:
  • 34.988689, -84.632989
  • 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 Alaculsy

• 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 Murray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
  • Since Alaculsy is near Polk County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Alaculsy

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alaculsy ...

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.

• Ball Play
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
• Cedar Spring
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
• Earnest ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Earnest is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
• Gap Spring
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gap Spring is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Spring
• Grassy Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Grassy Creek is located in Polk County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
• Gregory
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gregory is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
• Jones Mill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones Mill is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
• Oasis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oasis is located in Fannin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
• Parksville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
• Pumpkin Center
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pumpkin Center is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
• Sugar Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugar Grove is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
• Temple Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Temple Grove is located in Murray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
  • Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
• Union
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Union is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
• Union Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Grove is located in Bradley County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Alaculsy and extending to:

• Chatsworth, which is the Seat of Murray County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alaculsy to Chatsworth, 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 five to six hours.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south (S). 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 498 miles [801.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'