Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grants Mill

• 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 Grants Mill:
  • 33.507883, -86.649709
  • 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 Grants 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Grants Mill is near Shelby County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Grants Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grants 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.

• Battleground
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Battleground is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleground
• Cherokee Bend
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cherokee Bend is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Bend
• Five Points East
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Points East is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points East
• Holiday Gardens
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Holiday Gardens is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Gardens
• Hunters Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunters Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
• Irondale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irondale <1>
• Liberty Highlands
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Liberty Highlands is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Highlands
• Moore Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Moore Corner is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Corner
• Mountain Forest
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Forest is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Forest
• Rock Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
• Rose Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Saddlebrook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Saddlebrook is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook

How Far From Grants 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 Grants 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 Grants Mill and extending to:

• Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Grants Mill to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'