Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wilderness Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilderness Garden and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wilderness Garden

• 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 Wilderness Garden:
  • 33.565386, -87.128053
  • 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 Wilderness Garden

• 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 Wilderness Garden is near Walker County and also Tuscaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Wilderness Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilderness Garden ...

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.

• Alliance
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Alliance is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
• Driftwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Driftwood is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
• Flat Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Flat Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
• Glaze Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Glaze Ferry is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Ferry
• Maxine
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Maxine is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxine
• Pumpkin Center
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pumpkin Center is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
• Reeds Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
• Rock Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Short Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Short Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
• Snow Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Snow Ferry is located in Walker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Ferry
• Toadvine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
• Vines Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Vines Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vines Mill
• Williams Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Williams Ferry is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ferry

How Far From Wilderness Garden to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wilderness Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wilderness Garden and extending to:

• Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wilderness Garden to Birmingham, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 95 miles [152.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,149 miles [8,286.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'