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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 Martinwood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Martinwood Estates 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 Martinwood Estates:
- 33.384832, -86.850823
- 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 Martinwood Estates
- 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 Martinwood Estates 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 Martinwood Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Martinwood Estates ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Chapel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chestnut Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chimney Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hills
- Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Crossgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossgate is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
- Eden Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Havenview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Havenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenview
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Imperial Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Imperial Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Forest
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ivy Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ivy Chase is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Chase
- Laceys Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Laceys Chapel is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Chapel
- Mars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Mill Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Mountain Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Oaks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Oaks
- Panorama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Pauls Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pauls Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Hill
- Plantation Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
- Polo Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Polo Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Trace
- Rolling Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
- Roy Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roy Ford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Ford
- Royal Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Shades Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shades Cliff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Cliff
- Shades Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shades Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Run
- Sky Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sky Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
How Far From Martinwood Estates 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 Martinwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Martinwood Estates and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Martinwood Estates to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three 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 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Martinwood Estates) 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 Martinwood Estates 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 Martinwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3848, Longitude: -86.8508 In this case, the coordinates for Martinwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.697 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.293 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.344 degrees. |
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