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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 Martins Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Martins Mill 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 Martins Mill:
- 33.634825, -86.068305
- 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 Martins 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 Talladega County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
- Since Martins Mill is near Calhoun County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Martins Mill
Communities Also Named Martins Mill ...
We found two communities that are also named Martins Mill.
Within Alabama, the name Martins Mill is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Martins Mill [Montgomery County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- This Martins Mill is located in Van Zandt County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the west of the Martins Mill that is located in Talladega County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Martins Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Martins 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.
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Dry Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dry Valley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Valley
- Echo Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Hills is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Greens Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greens Mill is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Halls Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halls Ferry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plum Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Refuge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Refuge is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Woods Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Ferry is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
How Far From Martins Mill 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 Martins Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Martins Mill and extending to:
- Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Martins Mill to Talladega, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the south (S). 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 619 miles [996.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Martins Mill 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- Martins Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Martins 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 Martins Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6348, Longitude: -86.0683 In this case, the coordinates for Martins Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.803 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.977 degrees. |
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