Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mignon:
  • 33.183449, -86.261085
  • 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 Mignon

• 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 Mignon is near Coosa County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Mignon

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mignon ...

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.

• Five Points
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Five Points is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Lake Joy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Joy is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Joy
• Liberty Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Minor Terrace
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Minor Terrace is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Terrace
• Oak Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
• Papertown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Papertown is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papertown
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Risers
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Risers is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risers
• Sunrise
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunrise is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
• Warm Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Warm Springs is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs

How Far From Mignon 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 Mignon to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mignon and extending to:

• Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mignon to Talladega, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 648 miles [1,042.9 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<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'