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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 Willow Grove Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Grove Estates 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 Willow Grove Estates:
- 33.794270, -86.931386
- 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 Willow Grove Estates
- 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 Willow Grove Estates is near Walker County and also Blount 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 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 Willow Grove Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Grove Estates ...
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.
- Brake Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brake Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brake Ferry
- Coon Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Creek is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
- Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Creel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Partridge Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Partridge Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Crossroads
- Petes Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Petes Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Crossroads
- Red Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Robbins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Crossroads
- Short Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Short Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Ferry
- Warrior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Willow Grove Estates 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 Willow Grove Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Willow Grove Estates and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Willow Grove Estates to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 104 miles [167.4 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willow Grove Estates) 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 Willow Grove Estates 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 Willow Grove Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7943, Longitude: -86.9314 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Grove Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.771 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.435 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.29 degrees. |
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