RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Jackson County >> Coopers Mill >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Coopers Mill:
    • 34.948137, -85.799419
    • 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 Coopers 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Coopers Mill is near Marion County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Coopers Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coopers 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.

  • Bass
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bass is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • Copenhagen ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Copenhagen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Edgefield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Edgefield is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Eureka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Harris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Island Creek Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Island Creek Ferry is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek Ferry
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Richard City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Richard City is located in Marion County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
  • Rocky Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Rudders Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rudders Ferry is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudders Ferry
  • Summer Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Summer Bluff is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Bluff
  • Widows Creek Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Widows Creek Station is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widows Creek Station

How Far From Coopers Mill 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 Coopers Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Scottsboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coopers Mill to Scottsboro, 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coopers Mill) 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 Coopers 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 Coopers Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9481, Longitude: -85.7994       In this case, the coordinates for Coopers Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.146 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.874 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.567 degrees.