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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 Reston Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reston Place 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 Reston Place:
- 33.222896, -87.561118
- 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 Reston Place
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Reston Place is near Hale County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Reston Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reston Place ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Covey Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Covey Chase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Chase
- Crestdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crestdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
- Dearing Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dearing Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearing Place
- Flatwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Forest Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Guilds Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Guilds Woods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilds Woods
- Hays Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hays Court is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Court
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Hickory Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- High Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- High Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Hightown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Indian Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Kennedy Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kennedy Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Park
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Meadow Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Lawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
- Riverchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverchase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Riverwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rollingwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosedale Courts is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Courts
- Roselawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Snow Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Terrace
- Twin Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twin Manor is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Manor
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- University Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Warrior Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Warrior Heights is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Heights
How Far From Reston Place 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 Reston Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Reston Place and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Reston Place to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 705 miles [1,134.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Reston Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Reston Place 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 Reston Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2229, Longitude: -87.5611 In this case, the coordinates for Reston Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.114 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.753 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.663 degrees. |
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