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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 Carolwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carolwood 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 Carolwood:
- 33.306783, -87.565285
- 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 Carolwood
- 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 Carolwood is near Fayette County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Carolwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carolwood ...
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.
- Bridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeview
- Burnt Pine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burnt Pine is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Pine
- Cherokee Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Shores is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Shores
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Cove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Park
- Covey Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Covey Chase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Chase
- Edwardian Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edwardian Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardian Place
- Flatwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Four Winds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Four Winds is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
- High Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- High Cliff is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cliff
- Hightown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hightown is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Highview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Indian Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Lake Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Cove is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cove
- Mariners Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mariners Cove is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
- Riverwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Roselawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Smoke Rise
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smoke Rise is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Vista Granda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vista Granda is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Granda
- Willow Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Point is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Yacht Club Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yacht Club Bay is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yacht Club Bay
How Far From Carolwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carolwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Carolwood and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the South.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Carolwood to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 702 miles [1,129.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Carolwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Carolwood 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 Carolwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3068, Longitude: -87.5653 In this case, the coordinates for Carolwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.123 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.775 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.648 degrees. |
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