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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 Kings Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Chapel 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 Kings Chapel:
- 33.392887, -86.314422
- 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 Kings Chapel
- 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 Talladega County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- Since Kings Chapel is near Shelby County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Kings Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Chapel ...
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.
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chancellor Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Erratta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erratta is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erratta
- Fair Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fair Park is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Park
- Fishtrap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fishtrap is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Glovers Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glovers Ferry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Ferry
- Grove Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harpersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Hill is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Jonesview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesview is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesview
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Minor Terrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Minor Terrace is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Terrace
- Plantersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plantersville is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Risers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Risers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risers
- Rocky Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Winterboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
How Far From Kings Chapel to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kings Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kings Chapel and extending to:
- Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kings Chapel to Talladega, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,244 miles [11,658.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kings Chapel) 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 Kings Chapel 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 Kings Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3929, Longitude: -86.3144 In this case, the coordinates for Kings Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.376 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.129 degrees. |
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