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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 Mimosa Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mimosa Highlands 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 Mimosa Highlands:
- 33.152620, -87.552784
- 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 Mimosa Highlands
- 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 Mimosa Highlands is near Hale County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale 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 Mimosa Highlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mimosa Highlands ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Knoll is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Cherokee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherry Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Dale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Coventry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Dearing Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dearing Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearing Place
- Fairway Drive
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairway Drive is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Drive
- Fernridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fernridge is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
- Forest Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Gardendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardendale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
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- Greenview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Hays Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Court is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Court
- Hickory Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Jerusalem Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jerusalem Heights is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Heights
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Little Sandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Meadow Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Lawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosedale Courts is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Courts
- Rosewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Running Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Running Brook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Running Brook
- Sky Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sky Ranch is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
- Skyland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Skyland Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland Park
- South Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Springbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Stokes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- University
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- University Lane is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Lane
- University Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- University Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Whispering Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whispering Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
How Far From Mimosa Highlands 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 Mimosa Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mimosa Highlands and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mimosa Highlands to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,310 miles [11,764.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mimosa Highlands) 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 Mimosa Highlands 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 Mimosa Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1526, Longitude: -87.5528 In this case, the coordinates for Mimosa Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.104 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.732 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.674 degrees. |
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