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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 Misty Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Misty Pines 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 Misty Pines:
- 33.701490, -86.520819
- 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 Misty Pines
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Misty Pines is near Jefferson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Misty Pines
Communities Also Named Misty Pines ...
We found one communities that are also named Misty Pines.
Within Alabama, the name Misty Pines is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Misty Pines in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Misty Pines is located in Kent County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Misty Pines that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Misty Pines.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Misty Pines ...
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.
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Copper Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Copper Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Springs
- Cotton Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Ridge
- Eagle Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eagle Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
- Echo Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Margaret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parsons
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Saddlewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saddlewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlewood
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Misty Pines to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Misty Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Misty Pines and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Misty Pines to Ashville, with an average speed<3> 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 92 miles [148.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 637 miles [1,025.2 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 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,240 miles [11,651.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,116 miles [8,233.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Misty Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Misty Pines 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 Misty Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7015, Longitude: -86.5208 In this case, the coordinates for Misty Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.518 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.13 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.144 degrees. |
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