Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Plum Nelly:
  • 34.792301, -85.486074
  • 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 Plum Nelly

• 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 Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade County
  • Since Plum Nelly 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 Plum Nelly

Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Nelly ...

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.

• Cassandra
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cassandra is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
• Cedar Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Cedar Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Hill is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
• Cloverdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloverdale is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Deer Head Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Deer Head Cove is located in DeKalb County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Head Cove
• Frick Gap ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Frick Gap is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Gap
• Henrys ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Henrys is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys
• Rising Fawn
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rising Fawn is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Fawn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rising Fawn <1>
• Stewart Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewart Town is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
• Union
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plum Nelly and extending to:

• Trenton, which is the Seat of Dade County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Plum Nelly 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'