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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 Highview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highview 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 Highview:
- 33.297339, -87.650843
- 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 Highview
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Highview is near Pickens County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Highview
Communities Also Named Highview ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Highview.
Within Alabama, the name Highview is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Highview is located in Lake County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the north of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Highview.
- Iowa
- Hamilton County
- This Highview is located in Hamilton County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Highview.
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Highview is located in Jefferson County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Highview.
- Ohio County
- This Highview is located in Ohio County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km] to the north of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Highview.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Highview is located in Frederick County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Highview.
- Montgomery County
- This Highview is located in Montgomery County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the northeast of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Highview.
- Missouri
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Highview [Lincoln County].
- Montana
- Silver Bow County
- This Highview is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,569 miles [2,525.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Highview.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Highview [Sullivan County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Highview [Montgomery County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Highview.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Highview [Edgefield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highview ...
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.
- Bridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeview
- Chapelwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chapelwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelwood
- Cherokee Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Shores is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Shores
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Coker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Park
- Crestdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crestdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
- Flatwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwoods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Forest Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Green is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
- Forest Green Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Green Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Park
- Harperwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harperwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperwood
- High Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- High Cliff is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cliff
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hightown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hightown is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Pine Circle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Circle is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Circle
- Roselawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Smoke Rise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smoke Rise is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Vista Granda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vista Granda is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Granda
- Willow Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Point is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
How Far From Highview 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 Highview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highview and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Highview to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Highview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Highview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Highview 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Highview 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 Highview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2973, Longitude: -87.6508 In this case, the coordinates for Highview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.174 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.833 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.684 degrees. |
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