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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 Millerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millerville 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 Millerville:
    • 33.191393, -85.925956
    • 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 Millerville
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Millerville is near Tallapoosa County and also Talladega County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega 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 Millerville

Communities Also Named Millerville ...

We found six communities that are also named Millerville.

Within Alabama, the name Millerville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Millerville is located in Grant County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Millerville.
    • Louisiana
      • Acadia Parish
      • This Millerville is located in Acadia Parish and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Acadia Parish community of Millerville.
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Millerville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the west southwest of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Millerville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Millerville is located in Worcester County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Millerville.
    • Minnesota
      • Douglas County
      • This Millerville is located in Douglas County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Millerville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Millerville lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millerville that is located in Clay County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Millerville ...

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.

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

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

  • Ashland, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Millerville to Montgomery, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Millerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Millerville 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 Millerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1914, Longitude: -85.9260    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.133 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.615 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.019 degrees.