Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mountain Mills:
  • 34.704257, -87.893091
  • 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 Mountain Mills

• 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • eBird sighting report for Colbert County
  • Since Mountain Mills is near Lauderdale County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • eBird sighting report for Franklin 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Mills ...

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.

• Cherokee
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Cherokee is located in Colbert County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 999 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherokee <1>
• Gatesville ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
  • Gatesville is located in Colbert County
• Hawk Pride
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Pride have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Pride
  • Hawk Pride is located in Colbert County
• Little Zion ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
  • Little Zion is located in Colbert County
• Pride Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pride Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride Landing
  • Pride Landing is located in Colbert County
• Prides Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prides Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prides Ferry
  • Prides Ferry is located in Colbert County
• Red Rock
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock is located in Colbert County
• Woodland Landing ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Landing
  • Woodland Landing is located in Lauderdale County

How Far From Mountain Mills 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 Mountain Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Mountain Mills once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mountain Mills and extending to:

• Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Mills to Tuscumbia, with an average speed<5> 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 184 miles [296.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/