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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 Caro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caro 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 Caro:
- 34.940710, -86.813084
- 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 Caro
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Caro is near Madison County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Caro
Communities Also Named Caro ...
We found four communities that are also named Caro.
Within Alabama, the name Caro is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Caro lies 3,250 miles [5,230.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Caro that is located in Limestone County.
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- This Caro is located in Tuscola County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Caro that is located in Limestone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Caro.
- South Carolina
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Caro [Anderson County].
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- This Caro is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Caro that is located in Limestone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Caro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caro ...
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.
- Bobo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bobo is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Cash Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Elkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Gin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holland Gin is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Gin
- Maple Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ready Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ready Crossing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready Crossing
- Sand Spring ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
How Far From Caro 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 Caro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caro and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caro to Athens, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Caro) 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 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 Caro 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 Caro 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 Caro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9407, Longitude: -86.8131 In this case, the coordinates for Caro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.762 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.583 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.988 degrees. |
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