Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Safford:
  • 35.743122, -88.192818
  • 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 Safford

• 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
  • Since Old Safford is near Decatur County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Safford

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Safford ...

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.

• Bible Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
• Christian Chapel
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Christian Chapel is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Chapel
• Five Forks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Five Forks is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
• Hickory Forks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Forks is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forks
• Hydro
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hydro is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
• Pleasant Exchange ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Exchange is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Exchange
• Poplar Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
• Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Yellow Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Yellow Springs is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Old Safford once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Safford and extending to:

• Lexington, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Safford to Lexington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'