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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 Coffee Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffee Springs 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 Coffee Springs:
- 31.166401, -85.910308
- 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 Coffee 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
- Since Coffee Springs is near Coffee County and also Dale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dale 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 Coffee Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffee 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.
- Chancellor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chancellor is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Green Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Griffin Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Griffin Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- High Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- High Bluff is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bluff
- Highfalls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highfalls is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Piney Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Sellersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sellersville is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersville
- Singing Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Singing Brook is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Brook
- Spears
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spears is located in Geneva County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
How Far From Coffee Springs 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 town such as Coffee Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coffee Springs and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Coffee Springs to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coffee Springs) 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 Coffee Springs 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 Coffee Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1664, Longitude: -85.9103 In this case, the coordinates for Coffee Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.988 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.436 degrees. |
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