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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 Briar Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briar Hill 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 Briar Hill:
- 31.959040, -86.129959
- 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 Briar Hill
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Briar Hill is near Montgomery County and also Crenshaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crenshaw 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 Briar Hill
Communities Also Named Briar Hill ...
We found four communities that are also named Briar Hill.
Within Alabama, the name Briar Hill is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kane 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 Illinois community of Briar Hill [Kane County].
- Saint Clair County
- This Briar Hill is located in Saint Clair County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Briar Hill that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Briar Hill.
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Briar Hill is located in Howard County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Briar Hill that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Briar Hill.
- Michigan
- Monroe 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 Michigan community of Briar Hill [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briar Hill ...
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.
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Curry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Curry is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Curry's
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curry's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry's
- Dublin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kent is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shellhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shellhorn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellhorn
How Far From Briar Hill 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 Briar Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briar Hill and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Briar Hill to Troy, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,176 miles [8,330 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 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 Briar Hill 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briar Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Briar Hill 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 Briar Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9590, Longitude: -86.1300 In this case, the coordinates for Briar Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.174 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.491 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.359 degrees. |
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