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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Monte Vista:
    • 34.036486, -86.004416
    • 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 Monte Vista
  • 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 Monte Vista ...

We found eight communities that share the name Monte Vista.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Monte Vista.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Monte Vista is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Monte Vista.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Monte Vista is located in Placer County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Monte Vista.
      • Santa Clara 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 California community of Monte Vista [Santa Clara County].
    • Colorado
      • Rio Grande County
      • This Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Grande County community of Monte Vista.
    • Florida
      • Lake 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 Florida community of Monte Vista [Lake County].
    • South Carolina
      • Pickens County
      • This Monte Vista is located in Pickens County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Monte Vista.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Monte Vista is located in Weber County and lies 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Monte Vista.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Monte Vista is located in Roanoke City and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monte Vista that is located in Etowah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Monte Vista.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monte Vista ...

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.

  • Cave Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
    • Cave Springs is located in Etowah County
  • Crudup
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crudup have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crudup
    • Crudup is located in Etowah County
  • Daisy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Daisy is located in Etowah County
  • Edwardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Edwardsville is located in Etowah County
  • Goodyear
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodyear have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
    • Goodyear is located in Etowah County
  • Happy Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
    • Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Etowah County
  • Pull Tight ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pull Tight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
    • Pull Tight is located in Etowah County
  • Scenic Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
    • Scenic Heights is located in Etowah County
  • Walnut Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
    • Walnut Park is located in Etowah County
  • Wisdom Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wisdom Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Ferry
    • Wisdom Ferry is located in Etowah County

How Far From Monte Vista 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 Monte Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monte Vista and extending to:

  • Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the South.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Monte Vista to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Monte Vista. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.org/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monte Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monte Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0365, Longitude: -86.0044       In this case, the coordinates for Monte Vista 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 Monte Vista 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>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 Monte Vista 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 313.227 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.84 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.862 degrees.









 

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