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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 Hightower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hightower 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 Hightower:
- 33.531759, -85.395336
- 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 Hightower
- 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
- Since Hightower is near Randolph County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Hightower
Communities Also Named Hightower ...
We found six communities that are also named Hightower.
Within Alabama, the name Hightower is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- This Hightower is located in Mississippi County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hightower that is located in Cleburne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Hightower.
- Georgia
- Forsyth County
- This Hightower is located in Forsyth County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hightower that is located in Cleburne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Hightower.
- Kentucky
- Pendleton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hightower [Pendleton County].
- Oklahoma
- Jackson County
- This Hightower is located in Jackson County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the west of the Hightower that is located in Cleburne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hightower.
- Texas
- Liberty County
- This Hightower is located in Liberty County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hightower that is located in Cleburne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Hightower.
- Wyoming
- Platte County
- This Hightower is located in Platte County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hightower that is located in Cleburne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Hightower.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hightower ...
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.
- Bucktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bucktown is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cedar Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley is located in Carroll County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gold Ridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hawk is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lofty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Trickem
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Trickem is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
- Union Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Hill is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Hightower 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 Hightower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hightower and extending to:
- Heflin, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hightower to Heflin, 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hightower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Hightower 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. |
| <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 Hightower 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 Hightower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5318, Longitude: -85.3953 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.837 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.32 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.734 degrees. |
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