Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grimes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grimes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grimes
- 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 Grimes:
- 33.167619, -87.391113
- 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 Grimes
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Grimes is near Bibb County and also Hale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bibb County
- eBird sighting report for Hale 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 Grimes ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Grimes.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Grimes.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Nolan County
- This Grimes is located in Nolan County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the west of the Grimes that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Grimes.
- Tyler 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 Texas community of Grimes [Tyler County].
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grimes ...
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.
- Box Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Springs
- Box Springs is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Cedar Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
- Cedar Cove is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Cottondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottondale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Cottondale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottondale <5>
- Cottonwood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Park
- Cottonwood Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Deep Wood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Eastern Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
- Eastern Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Fleetwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Hillswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Hillview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Huntland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hurricane Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurricane Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Hills
- Hurricane Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Lynn Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
- Lynn Haven is located in Tuscaloosa County
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- Old Mill Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Mill Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Trace
- Old Mill Trace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Peach Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peach Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Grove
- Peach Grove is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Woodland Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Pines
- Woodland Pines is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Woodland Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Terrace
- Woodland Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Old Mill Trace
How Far From Grimes 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 Grimes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grimes and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grimes to Tuscaloosa, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grimes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tuscaloosa County: www.co.tuscaloosa.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grimes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grimes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1676, Longitude: -87.3911 In this case, the coordinates for Grimes 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 Grimes 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 Grimes, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Grimes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.008 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.623 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.606 degrees. |