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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 Country Club Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Highlands 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 Country Club Highlands:
- 33.402609, -86.824990
- 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 Country Club Highlands
- 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 Country Club Highlands is near Shelby County and also Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Country Club Highlands
Communities Also Named Country Club Highlands ...
We found one communities that are also named Country Club Highlands.
Within Alabama, the name Country Club Highlands is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Country Club Highlands in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Country Club Highlands is located in Butler County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Country Club Highlands that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Country Club Highlands.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club Highlands ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chimney Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chimney Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hills
- Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Crossgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crossgate is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
- Havenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Havenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenview
- Hoover
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Imperial Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Imperial Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Forest
- Ivy Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ivy Chase is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Chase
- Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mill Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Mountain Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountain Oaks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Oaks
- Panorama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Plantation Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plantation Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
- Polo Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Polo Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Trace
- Shades Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shades Cliff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Cliff
- Sky Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sky Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
How Far From Country Club Highlands 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 Country Club Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Club Highlands and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club Highlands 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 664 miles [1,068.6 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 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Country Club Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Country Club Highlands 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 Country Club Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4026, Longitude: -86.8250 In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.279 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.33 degrees. |
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