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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 Dill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dill 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 Dill:
    • 31.511001, -85.653550
    • 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 Dill
  • 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 Dale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
    • Since Dill is near Barbour County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Dill

Communities Also Named Dill ...

We found six communities that are also named Dill.

Within Alabama, the name Dill is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dill [Cleburne County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Dill is located in Hillsborough County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Dill that is located in Dale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Dill.
    • Kansas
      • Wilson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dill [Wilson County].
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Dill is located in Howard County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Dill that is located in Dale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Dill.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dill.
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • This Dill is located in Bledsoe County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the north of the Dill that is located in Dale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Dill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dill ...

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.

  • Echo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Echo is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Elamville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Elamville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamville
  • Java
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Java is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
  • Marley Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Marley Mill is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Mill
  • Plainview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Plainview is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Roberts Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Roberts Crossroads is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Crossroads
  • Rocky Head
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Head is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Head
  • Skipperville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Skipperville is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipperville
  • Snow Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Snow Hill is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dill and extending to:

  • Ozark, which is the Seat of Dale County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 from Point A (ie- Dill) 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 Dill 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 Dill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5110, Longitude: -85.6535       In this case, the coordinates for Dill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.865 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.071 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.27 degrees.