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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 Wellington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellington Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wellington Park:
    • 33.469551, -86.728599
    • 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 Wellington Park
  • 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 Wellington Park is near Shelby County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Wellington Park

Communities Also Named Wellington Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Wellington Park.

Within Alabama, the name Wellington Park is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Burlington County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington Park that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Wellington Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Wake County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington Park that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wellington Park.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Wellington Park [Hamilton County].
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Washington County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington Park that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wellington Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington Park ...

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.

  • Camp Horne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Camp Horne is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Horne
  • Cherokee Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Bend is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Bend
  • Cherokee Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Coventry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coventry is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • English Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • English Village is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
  • Five Points East
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Five Points East is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points East
  • Five Points South
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points South is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points South
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Glen Iris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Glen Iris is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iris
  • Grove Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grove Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Havenview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Havenview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenview
  • Hidden Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Ridge is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Ridge
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Holiday Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Holiday Gardens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Gardens
    • Homewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hunters Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Hill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
    • Ivy Glenn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ivy Glenn is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Glenn
    • Lake Purdy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
    • Longleaf
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Longleaf is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longleaf
    • Mountain Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Riverwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Riverwood is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Rocky Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Bridge is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bridge
    • Rocky Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
    • Rosedale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Tangle Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tangle Creek is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangle Creek
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Thornhill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Thornhill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
    • Timber Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Twin Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Bridge is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridge
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights

How Far From Wellington Park 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 Wellington Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellington Park and extending to:

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Wellington Park to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 656 miles [1,055.7 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 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wellington Park) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wellington Park 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 Wellington Park 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 Wellington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4696, Longitude: -86.7286       In this case, the coordinates for Wellington Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.629 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.226 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.277 degrees.