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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 Sheridan Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sheridan Heights 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 Sheridan Heights:
    • 32.426804, -86.292469
    • 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 Sheridan 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Sheridan Heights is near Elmore County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga 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 Sheridan Heights

Communities Also Named Sheridan Heights ...

We found two communities that are also named Sheridan Heights.

Within Alabama, the name Sheridan Heights is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sheridan Heights [Geary County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Sheridan Heights is located in Weber County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sheridan Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Sheridan Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheridan 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.

  • Eastern Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Eastern Meadows is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Meadows
  • Flatwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Flatwood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Garden Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Garden Square is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Square
  • Grove Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Grove Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillcrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Johnstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnstown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • King Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • King Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
  • Lakeview Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Morningview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Morningview is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningview
  • Open Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Open Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Acres
  • Prattville Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
  • Timbers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Timbers is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers

How Far From Sheridan 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 Sheridan Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Sheridan Heights to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Sheridan Heights 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4268, Longitude: -86.2925       In this case, the coordinates for Sheridan Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.302 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.704 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.325 degrees.