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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 Falls Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falls Junction 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 Falls Junction:
- 33.503440, -86.923326
- 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 Falls Junction
- 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 Falls Junction 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 Falls Junction
Communities Also Named Falls Junction ...
We found four communities that are also named Falls Junction.
Within Alabama, the name Falls Junction is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Falls Junction [Baltimore City].
- Minnesota
- Koochiching County
- This Falls Junction is located in Koochiching County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Falls Junction that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Koochiching County community of Falls Junction.
- New York
- Niagara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Falls Junction [Niagara County].
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Falls Junction that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Falls Junction.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falls Junction ...
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.
- Cottage Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Dolomite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Frenchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Garywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garywood
- Glenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Ivanhoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Jones Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Little Italy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Italy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Minor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Park Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Park Courts is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Courts
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shadyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Sunset Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunset Mountain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mountain
- Tuxedo Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuxedo Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Heights
- Village Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Falls Junction 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 Falls Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falls Junction and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Falls Junction to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Falls Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Falls Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Falls Junction 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 Falls Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5034, Longitude: -86.9233 In this case, the coordinates for Falls Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.369 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.348 degrees. |
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