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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 Ellisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellisville 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 Ellisville:
- 30.627969, -87.793047
- 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 Ellisville
- 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Since Ellisville is near Mobile County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 Ellisville
Communities Also Named Ellisville ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Ellisville.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Ellisville.
Beyond Alabama, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Cherokee County
- This Ellisville is located in Cherokee County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Ellisville.
- Washington County
- This Ellisville is located in Washington County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ellisville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- This Ellisville is located in Calhoun County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Ellisville.
- Florida
- Columbia County
- This Ellisville is located in Columbia County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Ellisville.
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Ellisville is located in Fulton County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Ellisville.
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Ellisville is located in Allen County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Ellisville.
- Kentucky
- Nicholas County
- This Ellisville is located in Nicholas County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Ellisville.
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- This Ellisville is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Ellisville.
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- This Ellisville is located in Jones County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Ellisville.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Ellisville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Ellisville.
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- This Ellisville is located in Cheshire County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Ellisville.
- Ontario
- This Ellisville lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- South Dakota
- Faulk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ellisville [Faulk County].
- Virginia
- Louisa County
- This Ellisville is located in Louisa County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Ellisville.
- Washington
- King County
- This Ellisville is located in King County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Ellisville.
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- This Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Baldwin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Ellisville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellisville ...
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.
- Buzbee Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buzbee Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzbee Landing
- Clay City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Live Oak Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Live Oak Landing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Landing
- Military Bridge Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Park City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Seacliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seacliff is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
- Silverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steelwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steelwood is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelwood
- Yelling Settlement
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yelling Settlement is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelling Settlement
How Far From Ellisville 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 Ellisville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellisville and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ellisville to Bay Minette, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,431 miles [11,959 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ellisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Ellisville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ellisville 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 Ellisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6280, Longitude: -87.7930 In this case, the coordinates for Ellisville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.04 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.312 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.242 degrees. |
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