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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 Valley Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Station 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 Valley Station:
- 33.343722, -86.774988
- 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 Valley Station
- 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 Valley Station is near Jefferson County and also Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Valley Station
Communities Also Named Valley Station ...
We found three communities that are also named Valley Station.
Within Alabama, the name Valley Station is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- This Valley Station is located in Jefferson County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the north of the Valley Station that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Valley Station.
- Nova Scotia
- This Valley Station lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Valley Station that is located in Shelby County.
- Washington
- Stevens County
- 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 Washington community of Valley Station [Stevens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Station ...
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.
- Cedar Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Chapel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chestnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Fungo Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fungo Hollow is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fungo Hollow
- Havenview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Havenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenview
- Heritage Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Oaks is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
- Hickory Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Glen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunters Glen is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Springs Ranch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indian Springs Ranch is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Ranch
- Indian Springs Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Indian Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Valley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Ivy Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy Chase is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Chase
- Mallard Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mallard Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
- Mars Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mars Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Meadow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Paramount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paramount is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount
- Polo Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polo Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Trace
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quail Run is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Roy Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roy Ford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Ford
- Royal Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Royal Oaks is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Sky Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sky Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
- Sunnymeadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnymeadows is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnymeadows
- Wine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wine Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wine Ridge
How Far From Valley Station 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 Valley Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Station and extending to:
- Columbiana, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Valley Station to Columbiana, 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 72 miles [115.9 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 most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 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 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Valley Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Valley Station 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Valley Station 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 Valley Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3437, Longitude: -86.7750 In this case, the coordinates for Valley Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.649 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.232 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.323 degrees. |
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