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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 Sherwood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherwood Estates 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 Sherwood Estates:
- 34.581759, -87.045844
- 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 Sherwood Estates
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Sherwood Estates is near Lawrence County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Sherwood Estates
Communities Also Named Sherwood Estates ...
We found six communities that are also named Sherwood Estates.
Within Alabama, the name Sherwood Estates is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Saline County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Sherwood Estates.
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Cobb County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Sherwood Estates.
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Anderson County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Sherwood Estates.
- Hamblen County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Hamblen County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the east northeast of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Sherwood Estates.
- Putnam County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Putnam County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the northeast of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Sherwood Estates.
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- This Sherwood Estates is located in Stafford County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sherwood Estates that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Sherwood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherwood Estates ...
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.
- Basham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Basham is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basham
- Cedar Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Crowtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crowtown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Fish Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Pond is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Pond
- Flint City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Harris Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Riverview ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Trinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolftown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolftown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolftown
How Far From Sherwood Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sherwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sherwood Estates and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the East.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Sherwood Estates to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sherwood Estates 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 Sherwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5818, Longitude: -87.0458 In this case, the coordinates for Sherwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.886 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.165 degrees. |
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