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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 Mountain Brook Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Brook Village 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 Mountain Brook Village:
- 33.483717, -86.773878
- 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 Mountain Brook Village
- 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 Mountain Brook Village is near Shelby County and also Blount 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 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 Mountain Brook Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Brook Village ...
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.
- Cherokee Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Coventry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coventry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- English Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- English Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Five Points South
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Five Points South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points South
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Glen Iris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glen Iris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iris
- Grove Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hidden Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Ridge
- Homewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Mountain Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rocky Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Tangle Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tangle Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangle Creek
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Twin Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridge
- Woodlawn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Mountain Brook Village 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 Mountain Brook Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountain Brook Village and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Brook Village to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>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 658 miles [1,058.9 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 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 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' (or 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- Mountain Brook Village) 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 Mountain Brook Village 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 Mountain Brook Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4837, Longitude: -86.7739 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Brook Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.657 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.26 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.293 degrees. |
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