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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 Milk Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milk Springs 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 Milk Springs:
- 34.675924, -87.713086
- 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 Milk Springs
- 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Since Milk Springs is near Franklin County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Milk Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milk Springs ...
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.
- Flatwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Hawk Pride
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hawk Pride is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Pride
- Hobgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Houston Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Houston Corner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- James
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- James is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Lime Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lime Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Littleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manor Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manor Haven is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Haven
- Muscle Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Valley Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Grove is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- White House Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- Woodlawn Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Milk Springs 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 Milk Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Milk Springs and extending to:
- Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies just to the North.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Milk Springs to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milk Springs) 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 Milk Springs 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 Milk Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6759, Longitude: -87.7131 In this case, the coordinates for Milk Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.30 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.168 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.422 degrees. |
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