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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 Butler Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butler Mill 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 Butler Mill:
- 34.579810, -86.301929
- 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 Butler Mill
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Butler Mill is near Marshall County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Butler Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butler Mill ...
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.
- Bucksnort
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bucksnort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Cedar Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Creek Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Creek Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Ford
- Fishtrap Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fishtrap Ford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap Ford
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keel is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
- Maple Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ford
- Paint Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Rocky Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Stapler Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stapler Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapler Ford
How Far From Butler Mill 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 Butler Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Butler Mill and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Butler Mill to Huntsville, 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Butler Mill) 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 Butler Mill 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 Butler Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5798, Longitude: -86.3019 In this case, the coordinates for Butler Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.433 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.154 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.859 degrees. |
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