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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 Central Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central Mills 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 Central Mills:
- 32.285988, -87.440864
- 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 Central 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Central Mills is near Wilcox County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 Central Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Central 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.
- Alberta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alberta is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Catherine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Donald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donald is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Eleanor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eleanor is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
- Flatwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kings ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kings is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Lyon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lyon is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prairie is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
How Far From Central Mills 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 Central 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 Central Mills and extending to:
- Selma, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Central Mills to Selma, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Central Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Central Mills 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 Central Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2860, Longitude: -87.4409 In this case, the coordinates for Central Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.973 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.801 degrees. |
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