Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cave Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cave Springs
- 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 Cave Springs:
- 34.078430, -86.064974
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cave Springs
- 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 Etowah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Etowah County
- Since Cave Springs is near DeKalb County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cave Springs ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Cave Springs.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Cave Springs.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Colbert 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 Alabama community of Cave Springs [Colbert County].
- Morgan County
- This Cave Springs is located in Morgan County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cave Springs that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Cave Springs.
- Colbert County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Cave Springs is located in Benton County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cave Springs that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Cave Springs.
- Kansas
- Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Cave Springs [Bourbon County].
- Elk County
- This Cave Springs is located in Elk County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cave Springs that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Cave Springs.
- Greenwood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cave Springs [Greenwood County].
- Missouri
- Newton County
- Although located in Newton County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Cave Springs.
- Nevada
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Cave Springs.
- Oklahoma
- Cherokee County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cherokee County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cave Springs.
- Tennessee
- Clay County
- This Cave Springs is located in Clay County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the north of the Cave Springs that is located in Etowah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cave Springs.
- Texas
- Harrison 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 Texas community of Cave Springs [Harrison County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave Springs ...
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.
- Crudup
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Happy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Maryville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Noble Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Hill
- Noble Hill is located in Etowah County
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Etowah County
- Pull Tight ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pull Tight have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pull Tight
- Pull Tight is located in Etowah County
- Rockledge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Scenic Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
- Scenic Heights is located in Etowah County
- Walnut Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
- Walnut Park is located in Etowah County
How Far From Cave Springs 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 Cave Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cave Springs and extending to:
- Gadsden, which is the Seat of Etowah County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cave Springs to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cave Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cave Springs 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cave Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cave Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0784, Longitude: -86.0650 In this case, the coordinates for Cave Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Cave Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cave Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.265 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.89 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.877 degrees. |