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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 Johns, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johns 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 Johns:
- 33.361779, -87.109718
- 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 Johns
- 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 Johns is near Tuscaloosa County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb 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 Johns
Communities Also Named Johns ...
We found five communities that are also named Johns.
Within Alabama, the name Johns is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Johns is located in Rankin County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Johns that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Johns.
- North Carolina
- Scotland County
- This Johns is located in Scotland County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johns that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Johns.
- South Carolina
- Union 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 South Carolina community of Johns [Union County].
- Virginia
- Powhatan 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 Virginia community of Johns [Powhatan County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Johns is located in Boone County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the northeast of the Johns that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Johns.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johns ...
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.
- Black Diamond
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Black Diamond is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Bucksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bucksville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hickory Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hueytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Mud Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Red Hill Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Hill Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Heights
- Valley Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Creek
- Virginia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Johns 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 Johns to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johns and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Johns to Birmingham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Johns) 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 Johns 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'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 Johns 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 Johns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3618, Longitude: -87.1097 In this case, the coordinates for Johns have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.851 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.468 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.453 degrees. |
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