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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 Caffee Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caffee Junction 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 Caffee Junction:
- 33.245393, -87.137774
- 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 Caffee Junction
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Caffee Junction is near Bibb County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Caffee Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caffee Junction ...
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.
- Bibbville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bibbville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibbville
- Black Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Diamond is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Booth Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Booth Ford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth Ford
- Bucksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bucksville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
- Chambers
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chambers is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Flat Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Top is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Gray Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Hill is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hill
- Green Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Johns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Johns is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Masena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Masena is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masena
How Far From Caffee Junction 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 Caffee Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caffee Junction and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Caffee Junction to Tuscaloosa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 684 miles [1,100.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caffee Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Caffee Junction 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 Caffee Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2454, Longitude: -87.1378 In this case, the coordinates for Caffee Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.861 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.463 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.488 degrees. |
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