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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 Loveless Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loveless Park 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 Loveless Park:
- 33.324557, -86.982215
- 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 Loveless Park
- 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 Loveless Park is near Shelby County and also Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Loveless Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loveless Park ...
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.
- Chestnut Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Glen is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Glen
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Flint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Fox Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
- Glen Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hills
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Laceys Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laceys Chapel is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Chapel
- Pine Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Red Hill Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Heights
- Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rice is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Rockdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Shady Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shady Brook is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Shadywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shadywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadywood
- Skyview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skyview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Summit Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summit Farm is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Farm
- Whispering Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whispering Oaks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
How Far From Loveless Park 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 Loveless Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Loveless Park and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Loveless Park to Birmingham, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 674 miles [1,084.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,153 miles [8,292.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Loveless Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Loveless Park 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 Loveless Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3246, Longitude: -86.9822 In this case, the coordinates for Loveless Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.772 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.372 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.41 degrees. |
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