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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 Mayflower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayflower 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 Mayflower:
    • 34.797311, -86.931950
    • 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 Mayflower
  • 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
    • Since Mayflower is near Colbert County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Mayflower

Communities Also Named Mayflower ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Mayflower.

Within Alabama, the name Mayflower is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Mayflower is located in Faulkner County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Mayflower.
    • California
      • Imperial County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mayflower [Imperial County].
      • Kern County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mayflower [Kern County].
      • Placer County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mayflower [Placer County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mayflower [Pike County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • This Mayflower is located in Tensas Parish and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Mayflower.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mayflower [Houghton County].
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Mayflower is located in Barry County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Mayflower.
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Mayflower.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Mayflower lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mayflower [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • This Mayflower is located in Newton County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Mayflower.
      • Rusk County
      • This Mayflower is located in Rusk County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km] to the west southwest of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Mayflower.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mayflower [Amherst County].
      • Lee County
      • This Mayflower is located in Lee County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mayflower that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Mayflower.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayflower ...

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.

  • Bonnie Doone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
  • Cloverleaf
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
  • Cottonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cottonwood is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Farmview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Farmview is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
  • French Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • French Mill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mill
  • Glenn Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Glenn Valley is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Valley
  • Holland Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holland Place is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Place
  • Indian Trace
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Piney Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Piney Chapel is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Chapel
  • Tanner Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Tanner Crossroads is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Crossroads
  • Yorkshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Yorkshire is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

How Far From Mayflower to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mayflower to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the West.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Mayflower to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 615 miles [989.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,085 miles [8,183.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mayflower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mayflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mayflower 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.
<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 Mayflower 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 Mayflower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7973, Longitude: -86.9320       In this case, the coordinates for Mayflower have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.827 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.639 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.07 degrees.