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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 Regency Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Regency Heights 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 Regency Heights:
- 31.323227, -85.813826
- 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 Regency Heights
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Regency Heights is near Dale County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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 Regency Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Regency Heights ...
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.
- Enterprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Foxhill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foxhill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhill
- Gerald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gerald is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Griffin Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Griffin Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Heritage Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holiday Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Village is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Honeysuckle Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Honeysuckle Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hills
- Indian Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Lakes is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
- Indian Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Indigo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indigo is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo
- Level Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Level Plains is located in Dale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
- Olivers Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Olivers Lake is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Lake
- Shell Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Heights is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Heights
- Singing Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Singing Brook is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Brook
- Valley Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hills is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
- Willow Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Bend is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From Regency Heights 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 Regency Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Regency Heights and extending to:
- Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Regency Heights to Elba, 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 719 miles [1,157.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,310 miles [11,764.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,191 miles [8,354.1 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 from Point A (ie- Regency Heights) 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 Regency Heights 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 Regency Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3232, Longitude: -85.8138 In this case, the coordinates for Regency Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.944 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.137 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.369 degrees. |
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