Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alford
- 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 Alford:
- 38.491303, -87.242821
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Alford
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Alford is near Davies's County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davies's County
- eBird sighting report for Knox 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Alford ...
We found eight communities that share the name Alford.
Within Indiana, the name Alford is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Alford is located in Hillsborough County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Alford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Alford.
- Jackson County
- This Alford is located in Jackson County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km] to the south of the Alford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Alford.
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alford ...
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.
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Coats Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Spring
- Coats Spring is located in Pike County
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Knox County
- Hartwell Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartwell Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Junction
- Hartwell Junction is located in Pike County
- Highbank Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highbank Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Littles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Marysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Pike County
- Maysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Oatsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Pond Creek Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Rogers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Rumble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Pike County
How Far From Alford 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 Alford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alford and extending to:
- Petersburg, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the West.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Alford to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Alford 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Alford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4913, Longitude: -87.2428 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.532 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.313 degrees. |