Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Trinity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trinity and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Trinity
- 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 Trinity:
- 33.589549, -85.868854
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Trinity
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Trinity is near Talladega County and also Tallapoosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Trinity ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Trinity.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Trinity.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Dallas County
- Morgan County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- This Trinity is located in Lawrence County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Trinity.
- Lewis County
- This Trinity is located in Lewis County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km] to the north northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Trinity.
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- This Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catahoula Parish community of Trinity.
- Iberville Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Trinity [Iberville Parish].
- Maryland
- Caroline County
- This Trinity is located in Caroline County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Trinity.
- Wicomico County
- This Trinity is located in Wicomico County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the east northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Trinity.
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Trinity is located in DeSoto County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Trinity.
- Lowndes County
- This Trinity is located in Lowndes County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the west of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Trinity.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Trinity lies 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- North Carolina
- Randolph County
- This Trinity is located in Randolph County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Trinity.
- Union County
- This Trinity is located in Union County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the east northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Trinity.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Trinity lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Humphreys County
- This Trinity is located in Humphreys County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Trinity.
- Williamson County
- This Trinity is located in Williamson County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north northwest of the Trinity that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Trinity.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trinity ...
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.
- Blue Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Boiling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Boiling Spring is located in Calhoun County
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- House ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Jo Dell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Calhoun County
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Calhoun County
- Silver Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Sweet Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Sweet Home is located in Talladega County
- Woodland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Park is located in Calhoun County
How Far From Trinity 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 Trinity to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Trinity and extending to:
- Anniston, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Trinity to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trinity. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trinity) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trinity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5895, Longitude: -85.8689 In this case, the coordinates for Trinity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Trinity 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. |
| <3> | 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 Trinity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Trinity to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.122 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.657 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.908 degrees. |