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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 Red Wine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Wine 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 Red Wine:
- 33.617883, -86.960551
- 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 Red Wine
- 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 Red Wine is near Walker County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Red Wine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Wine ...
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.
- Dogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Flat Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Top is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Forestdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forestdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Glasgow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Glover Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glover Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
- Grays Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grays Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Gardens
- Graysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Graysville Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Graysville Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville Heights
- Jet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Merrywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Mineral Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Republic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Scarlet Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scarlet Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlet Town
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Union Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Red Wine 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 Red Wine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Wine and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Red Wine 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 93 miles [149.7 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 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 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,263 miles [11,688.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Wine) 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 Red Wine 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 Red Wine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6179, Longitude: -86.9606 In this case, the coordinates for Red Wine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.778 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.419 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.339 degrees. |
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