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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 Tannehill Valley Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tannehill Valley Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tannehill Valley Estates
- 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 Tannehill Valley Estates:
- 33.280114, -87.052216
- 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 Tannehill Valley 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Tannehill Valley Estates is near Tuscaloosa County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb 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 Tannehill Valley Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tannehill Valley 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.
- Black Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Bucksville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bucksville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
- Caffee Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caffee Junction is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffee Junction
- Chambers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Fox Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fox Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
- Gray Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gray Hill is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hill
- Green Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Johns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johns is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Lake View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Loveless Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loveless Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Park
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Red Hill Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Red Hill Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Heights
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Summit Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Summit Farm is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Farm
How Far From Tannehill Valley 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 Tannehill Valley Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tannehill Valley Estates and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tannehill Valley Estates to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tannehill Valley Estates) 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 Tannehill Valley 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 Tannehill Valley Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2801, Longitude: -87.0522 In this case, the coordinates for Tannehill Valley Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.811 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.411 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.447 degrees. |
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