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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 Miflin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miflin 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 Miflin:
- 30.370477, -87.610817
- 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 Miflin
- 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 Miflin is near Escambia County and also Santa Rosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa 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 Miflin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miflin ...
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.
- Gulf Beach ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Beach
- Gulf Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Joseph Cruzat Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Joseph Cruzat Grant is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Cruzat Grant
- Josephine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Josephine is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Magnolia Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orange Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oyster Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oyster Bay is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
- Paradise Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Paradise Beach is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
- Summerdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swift
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Swift is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
How Far From Miflin 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 Miflin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miflin and extending to:
- Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Miflin to Bay Minette, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,736 miles [10,840.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miflin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Miflin 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 Miflin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3705, Longitude: -87.6108 In this case, the coordinates for Miflin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.125 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.219 degrees. |
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