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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 Windover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windover 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 Windover:
- 33.380665, -86.771377
- 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 Windover
- 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 Windover 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 Windover
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windover ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chestnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Havenview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Havenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenview
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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 southeast)
- 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
- Indian Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indian Valley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Ivy Glenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ivy Glenn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Glenn
- Longleaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Longleaf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longleaf
- Panorama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Polo Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Polo Trace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Trace
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rocky Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Sky Ranch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sky Ranch is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
- Valley Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Station is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Station
- Wine Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wine Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wine Ridge
How Far From Windover 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 Windover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Windover and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Windover to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 74 miles [119.1 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 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 from Point A (ie- Windover) 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 Windover 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 Windover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3807, Longitude: -86.7714 In this case, the coordinates for Windover have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.649 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.313 degrees. |
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