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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 East Trussville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Trussville 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 East Trussville:
- 33.634547, -86.576375
- 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 East Trussville
- 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 East Trussville is near Saint Clair County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 East Trussville
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Trussville ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Braggsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Braggsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggsville
- Chalkville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cotton Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Ridge
- Dale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Eagle Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
- Echo Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Echo Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Heritage Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Hundred Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hundred Oaks is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
- Misty Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Misty Pines is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Pines
- Moody
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Parsons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Queenstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Roper
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Saddlewood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saddlewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Woodland Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
How Far From East Trussville 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 East Trussville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of East Trussville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Trussville and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Trussville to Birmingham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south (S). 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 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 East Trussville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Trussville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 East Trussville 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 East Trussville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6345, Longitude: -86.5764 In this case, the coordinates for East Trussville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.155 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.181 degrees. |
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