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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 River View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River View and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 River View:
    • 32.789038, -85.146142
    • 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 River View
  • 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
    • Since River View is near Harris County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 River View

Communities Also Named River View ...

We found eleven communities that are also named River View.

Within Alabama, the name River View is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This River View is located in Calvert County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of River View.
    • New Brunswick
      • This River View lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of River View [Mecklenburg County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This River View is located in Butler County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the north of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of River View.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This River View is located in Armstrong County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of River View.
      • Lehigh County
      • This River View is located in Lehigh County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km] to the northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of River View.
      • Washington County
      • This River View is located in Washington County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the north northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of River View.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This River View is located in Kent County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of River View.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This River View is located in Claiborne County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of River View.
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This River View is located in Warren County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the River View that is located in Chambers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of River View.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of River View [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near River View ...

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.

  • Cottons Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cottons Crossroads is located in Troup County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons Crossroads
  • Glass
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Glass is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Houston Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Houston Ferry is located in Harris County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Ferry
  • Jester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jester is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Little Shawmut
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Shawmut is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shawmut
  • Magnolia Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Magnolia Ferry is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ferry
  • Nelson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Nelson is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Plant City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plant City is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)

How Far From River View 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 River View to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in River View and extending to:

  • LaFayette, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from River View to LaFayette, with an average speed<5> 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- River View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about River View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 River View 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 River View 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 River View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7890, Longitude: -85.1461    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.651 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.001 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.804 degrees.