Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bell 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 Bell Mills:
  • 33.616497, -85.474677
  • 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 Bell 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
  • Since Bell Mills is near Carroll County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Bell Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bell 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.

• Belltown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Belltown is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Edwardsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
• Gold Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gold Hill is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
• Hightower
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hightower is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
• Hopewell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Mount Pleasant
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Plainview
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainview is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Trickem
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Trickem is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickem
• Union Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Hill is located in Cleburne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

• Heflin, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bell Mills to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'