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 Tullis:
31.887383, -85.187711
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.
We found two communities that share the name Tullis.
Within Alabama, the name Tullis is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Bienville Parish
This Tullis is located in Bienville Parish and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tullis that is located in Barbour County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Tullis.
Wyoming
Carbon County
This Tullis is located in Carbon County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tullis that is located in Barbour County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Tullis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tullis ...
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.
Big Eddy ‑ Historic (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cotton Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Tullis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tullis and extending to:
Clayton, which is the Seat of Barbour County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tullis to Clayton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Tullis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tullis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8874, Longitude: -85.1877 In this case, the coordinates for Tullis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Tullis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.62 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.841 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.017 degrees.