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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 Havilah Hills Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Havilah Hills Estates 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 Havilah Hills Estates:
- 33.686212, -86.414704
- 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 Havilah Hills Estates
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Havilah Hills Estates is near Jefferson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Havilah Hills Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Havilah Hills Estates ...
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.
- Braggsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Braggsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggsville
- Branchville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Coal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cool Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cool Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Copper Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Copper Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Springs
- Cotton Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cotton Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Ridge
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Heritage Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Hundred Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hundred Oaks is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Margaret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Misty Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Misty Pines is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Pines
- Moody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Park Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Parsons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Rolling Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Saddlewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saddlewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
How Far From Havilah Hills Estates 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 Havilah Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Havilah Hills Estates and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Havilah Hills Estates to Ashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 90 miles [144.8 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 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 '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- Havilah Hills Estates) 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 Havilah Hills Estates 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 Havilah Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6862, Longitude: -86.4147 In this case, the coordinates for Havilah Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.454 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.053 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.105 degrees. |
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