Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Melmar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melmar and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Melmar
- 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 Melmar:
- 32.484192, -86.484740
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Melmar
- 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 Autauga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Autauga County
- Since Melmar is near Elmore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Melmar ...
We found one communities that share the name Melmar.
Within Alabama, the name Melmar is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Melmar in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melmar ...
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.
- Booth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Elmore County
- Great Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Great Oaks is located in Elmore County
- Hunting Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Hunting Ridge is located in Autauga County
- Kingswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Live Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Overlook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Pine Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Pine Level is located in Autauga County
- Poseys Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poseys Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poseys Crossroads
- Poseys Crossroads is located in Autauga County
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- Prattville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Prattville is located in Autauga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,500 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prattville <3>
- Robinson Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Scenic Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Scenic Hills is located in Elmore County
- Stoney Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Stoney Point is located in Autauga County
- Willowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in Autauga County
- Prattville
How Far From Melmar 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 Melmar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Melmar and extending to:
- Prattville, which is the Seat of Autauga County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Melmar to Montgomery, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,169 miles [8,318.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melmar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Melmar 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Melmar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melmar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4842, Longitude: -86.4847 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Melmar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.419 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.848 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.388 degrees. |