Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cave Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cave Spring
- 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 Cave Spring:
- 34.908139, -85.960535
- 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 Cave Spring
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Cave Spring is near Franklin County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Cave Spring ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Cave Spring.
There are four communities within Alabama that are also named Cave Spring.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Colbert County
- This Cave Spring is located in Colbert County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Cave Spring.
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cave Spring [Fayette County].
- Lauderdale County
- This Cave Spring is located in Lauderdale County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cave Spring.
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cave Spring [Madison County].
- Colbert County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cave Spring [Carroll County].
- Georgia
- Floyd County
- This Cave Spring is located in Floyd County and lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cave Spring.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cave Spring [Butler County].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- This Cave Spring is located in Breckinridge County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the north of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Cave Spring.
- Logan County
- This Cave Spring is located in Logan County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cave Spring.
- Missouri
- Greene County
- This Cave Spring is located in Greene County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cave Spring.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Cave Spring is located in Claiborne County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Cave Spring.
- Montgomery County
- This Cave Spring is located in Montgomery County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the northwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cave Spring.
- Virginia
- Roanoke County
- This Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Cave Spring.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave Spring ...
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.
- Bass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Jackson County
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Hytop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Kirby Creek ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirby Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Kirby Creek is located in Jackson County
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Jackson County
- Rash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Rash is located in Jackson County
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cave Spring and extending to:
- Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cave Spring to Scottsboro, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 564 miles [907.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cave Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cave Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cave Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9081, Longitude: -85.9605 In this case, the coordinates for Cave Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Cave Spring 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cave Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cave Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.242 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.979 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.642 degrees. |