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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 Frances Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frances Heights 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 Frances Heights:
- 33.613160, -86.836659
- 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 Frances Heights
- 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 Frances Heights is near Blount County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Frances Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frances Heights ...
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.
- Coalburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coalburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Former name for Coalburg:
- Coalburgh
- Danville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dogtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fieldstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstown
- Forestdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forestdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Gardendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Lewisburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Merrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Mineral Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Plain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Republic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Republic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Scarlet Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scarlet Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Town
- Spring Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Village Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Village Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Creek
- Vulcan City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- Zion Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zion Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Heights
How Far From Frances Heights 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 Frances Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frances Heights and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Frances Heights 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 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 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, 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 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frances Heights) 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 Frances Heights 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 Frances Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6132, Longitude: -86.8367 In this case, the coordinates for Frances Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.703 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.331 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.29 degrees. |
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