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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 Dearing Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dearing Place 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 Dearing Place:
- 33.203452, -87.557784
- 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 Dearing Place
- 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 Dearing Place is near Hale County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Dearing Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dearing Place ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Knoll is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Cherry Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherry Dale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Covey Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Covey Chase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Chase
- Crestdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crestdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
- Fairway Drive
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Drive is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Drive
- Fernridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fernridge is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Greenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Guilds Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Guilds Woods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilds Woods
- Hays Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hays Court is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Court
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heritage Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Hickory Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hickory Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- High Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- High Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kennedy Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kennedy Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Park
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Meadow Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Lawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Riverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale Courts
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosedale Courts is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Courts
- Roselawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosewood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Snow Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snow Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Terrace
- South Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Springbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Twin Manor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Manor is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Manor
- University
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- University Lane is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Lane
- University Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- University Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Warrior Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warrior Heights is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Heights
How Far From Dearing Place 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 community such as Dearing Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dearing Place and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Dearing Place 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dearing Place) 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 Dearing Place 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 Dearing Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2035, Longitude: -87.5578 In this case, the coordinates for Dearing Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.111 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.747 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.666 degrees. |
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