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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 Red Level, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Level 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 Red Level:
    • 32.134476, -86.223201
    • 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 Red Level
  • 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 Red Level ...

We found five communities that share the name Red Level.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Red Level.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Chambers County
      • This Red Level is located in Chambers County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Red Level that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Red Level.
    • Covington County
      • This Red Level is located in Covington County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Red Level that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Red Level.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Red Level is located in Citrus County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Red Level that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Red Level.
    • Georgia
      • Wilkinson 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 Georgia community of Red Level [Wilkinson County].
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • This Red Level is located in Rusk County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west of the Red Level that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Red Level.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Level ...

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.

  • Dublin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Montgomery County
  • Friendship
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Montgomery County
  • Grady
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Grady is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <4>
  • Hobbie Farm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie Farm
    • Hobbie Farm is located in Montgomery County
  • Meadville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Meadville is located in Montgomery County
  • Pine Needles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Needles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
    • Pine Needles is located in Montgomery County
  • Robinson Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
    • Robinson Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
  • Rolling Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Hills is located in Montgomery County
  • Rolling Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Lakes
    • Rolling Lakes is located in Montgomery County
  • Sellers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sellers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
    • Sellers is located in Montgomery County
  • Shepherd Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Hill
    • Shepherd Hill is located in Montgomery County
  • Teasleys Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teasleys Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasleys Mill
    • Teasleys Mill is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Red Level 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 Red Level to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Red Level to Montgomery, 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,173 miles [8,325.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Montgomery County: www.mc-ala.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 '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- Red Level) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1345, Longitude: -86.2232    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Red Level 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Red Level 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 313.241 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.593 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.359 degrees.









 

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