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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 Neal Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neal Crossing 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 Neal Crossing:
- 34.552862, -85.414959
- 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 Neal Crossing
- 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 Chattooga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chattooga County
- Since Neal Crossing is near Walker County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Neal Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neal Crossing ...
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.
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Broomtown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Broomtown is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Cloudland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Creek is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Guild ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guild is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Head River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Head River is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head River
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Summerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welcome Hill is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Hill
How Far From Neal Crossing 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 Neal Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neal Crossing and extending to:
- Summerville, which is the Seat of Chattooga County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Neal Crossing to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neal Crossing) 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 Neal Crossing 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 Neal Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5529, Longitude: -85.4150 In this case, the coordinates for Neal Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.897 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.532 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.504 degrees. |
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