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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 Tulse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tulse 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 Tulse:
- 33.245115, -86.902768
- 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 Tulse
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Tulse is near Jefferson County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Tulse
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tulse ...
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.
- Alabaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Glen is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Glen
- Dearing Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dearing Downs is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearing Downs
- Elliotsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliotsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotsville
- Fox Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Haven is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Haven
- Fox Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
- Glen Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Carbon is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Carbon
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hardy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hardy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Kingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mission Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Hills is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Navajo Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Navajo Hills is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Hills
- Navajo Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Navajo Pines is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Pines
- Sawmill Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sawmill Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Town
- Shadywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shadywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadywood
- Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Weeping Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weeping Oaks is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Oaks
- Whispering Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whispering Oaks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
- Willow Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Tulse 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 Tulse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tulse and extending to:
- Columbiana, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tulse to Columbiana, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 674 miles [1,084.7 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 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,153 miles [8,292.9 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- Tulse) 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 Tulse 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 Tulse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2451, Longitude: -86.9028 In this case, the coordinates for Tulse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.395 degrees. |
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