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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 Beverly Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly Station 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 Beverly Station:
    • 33.483995, -86.853324
    • 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 Beverly Station
  • 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 Beverly Station is near Shelby County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Beverly Station

Communities Also Named Beverly Station ...

We found one communities that are also named Beverly Station.

Within Alabama, the name Beverly Station is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Beverly Station in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Platte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Beverly Station [Platte County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly Station ...

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.

  • Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crest is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
  • Five Points South
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Five Points South is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points South
  • Frenchtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenchtown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
  • Glen Iris
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Glen Iris is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iris
  • Glenview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Glenview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Grove Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Grove Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Hillman Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillman Gardens is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Gardens
  • Hillman Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillman Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Park
  • Homewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ivanhoe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Jones Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jones Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Lakeview Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeview Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
    • Little Italy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Italy is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
    • Martins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Martins is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
    • Mason City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Mason City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
    • Park Courts
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Park Courts is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Courts
    • Rosedale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Shades Cliff
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shades Cliff is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Cliff
    • Shadyside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadyside is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
    • Tuxedo Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuxedo Heights is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Heights
    • Village Creek Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Beverly Station 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 Beverly Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Beverly Station and extending to:

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Beverly Station 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 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Beverly Station 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Beverly Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Beverly Station 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 Beverly Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4840, Longitude: -86.8533       In this case, the coordinates for Beverly Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.705 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.316 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.324 degrees.