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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 Battleground, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battleground and the surrounding area.
- 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 Battleground:
- 33.535382, -86.650265
- 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 Battleground
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Battleground is near Blount County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Battleground
Communities Also Named Battleground ...
We found three communities that are also named Battleground.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Battleground.
Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Cullman County
- This Battleground is located in Cullman County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Battleground that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Battleground.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Johnson 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 Battleground [Johnson County].
- North Carolina
- Avery County
- This Battleground is located in Avery County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Battleground that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Battleground.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Battleground ...
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.
- Hunters Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunters Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
- Irondale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Liberty Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Liberty Highlands is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Highlands
- Moore Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Moore Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Corner
- Mountain Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Forest
- Rock Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Rose Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Saddlebrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Saddlebrook is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
How Far From Battleground 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 Battleground to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Battleground and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Battleground to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,129 miles [8,254.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Battleground) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Battleground 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Battleground to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Battleground. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5354, Longitude: -86.6503 In this case, the coordinates for Battleground have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.185 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.232 degrees. |
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