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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 Cedarbrook Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedarbrook Forest 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 Cedarbrook Forest:
- 33.479275, -86.997216
- 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 Cedarbrook Forest
- 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 Cedarbrook Forest is near Shelby County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Cedarbrook Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedarbrook Forest ...
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.
- Booker Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Booker Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Heights
- Bush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bush is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Cottage Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cottage Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Dolomite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Falls Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falls Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Garywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garywood
- Hueytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Industrial City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Industrial City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial City
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maytown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Vineland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vineland Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland Park
- Walnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Cedarbrook Forest 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 Cedarbrook Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cedarbrook Forest and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedarbrook Forest to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 86 miles [138.4 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 668 miles [1,075 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,271 miles [11,701.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,147 miles [8,283.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedarbrook Forest) 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 Cedarbrook Forest 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 Cedarbrook Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4793, Longitude: -86.9972 In this case, the coordinates for Cedarbrook Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.791 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.383 degrees. |
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