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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 Soleo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soleo 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 Soleo:
- 33.013732, -86.035245
- 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 Soleo
- 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 Coosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
- Since Soleo is near Tallapoosa County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Soleo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soleo ...
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.
- Crewsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crewsville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
- Flint Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Fuller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Goodwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jon is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jon
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Parish Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parish Hills is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Hills
- Sunny Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Level is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Level
How Far From Soleo 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 Soleo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Soleo and extending to:
- Rockford, which is the Seat of Coosa County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Soleo to Rockford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 645 miles [1,038 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,248 miles [11,664.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 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 '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- Soleo) 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 Soleo 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 Soleo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0137, Longitude: -86.0352 In this case, the coordinates for Soleo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.187 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.10 degrees. |
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