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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 Monte - Sano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monte - Sano 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 Monte - Sano:
- 33.480385, -86.902770
- 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 Monte - Sano
- 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 Monte - Sano is near Shelby County and also Walker 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 Walker 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 Monte - Sano
Communities Also Named Monte - Sano ...
We found one communities that are also named Monte - Sano.
There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Monte - Sano.
Beyond Alabama.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Monte - Sano [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monte - Sano ...
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.
- Crescent Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crescent Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
- Dolomite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Falls Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Frenchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Garywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garywood
- Glenview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Gordon Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gordon Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hillman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Hillman Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillman Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Gardens
- Hillman Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillman Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Park
- Ivanhoe
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Jones Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Little Italy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Italy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Martins
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Martins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mason City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mason City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Park Courts
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Park Courts is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Courts
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Tuxedo Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuxedo Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Heights
- Village Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Monte - Sano 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 Monte - Sano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Monte - Sano and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Monte - Sano to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 664 miles [1,068.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Monte - Sano could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Monte - Sano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Monte - Sano 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 Monte - Sano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4804, Longitude: -86.9028 In this case, the coordinates for Monte - Sano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.734 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.349 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.345 degrees. |
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