Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McCaleb 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 McCaleb Mill:
  • 34.821479, -86.484435
  • 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 McCaleb 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Since McCaleb Mill is near Jackson County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 McCaleb Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCaleb 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.

• Bell Factory
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bell Factory is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Factory
• Chase
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chase is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
• Deposit
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Deposit is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deposit
• Fannings Crossing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fannings Crossing is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannings Crossing
• Greenfield
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
• Maysville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maysville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Meadow Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meadow Hills is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
• Mercury
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mercury is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
• Meridianville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meridianville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridianville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridianville <1>
• Normal
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Normal is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normal <1>
• Three Forks
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Three Forks is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks

How Far From McCaleb 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 McCaleb 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 McCaleb Mill and extending to:

• Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from McCaleb Mill to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>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 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'