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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 Bullard Shoals, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bullard Shoals 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 Bullard Shoals:
- 33.392055, -87.023605
- 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 Bullard Shoals
- 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 Bullard Shoals is near Tuscaloosa County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa 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 Bullard Shoals
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bullard Shoals ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Flint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Glen Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hills
- Hickory Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hueytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Red Hill Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Hill Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Heights
- Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Shady Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Brook is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Skyview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Skyview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Valley Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Creek
- Vineland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland Park
- Virginia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Virginia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Bullard Shoals 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 Bullard Shoals to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Bullard Shoals once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bullard Shoals and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bullard Shoals to Birmingham, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bullard Shoals, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bullard Shoals) 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 Bullard Shoals 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 Bullard Shoals. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3921, Longitude: -87.0236 In this case, the coordinates for Bullard Shoals have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.415 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.412 degrees. |
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