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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 Minniesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minniesville 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 Minniesville:
- 33.497329, -86.934160
- 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 Minniesville
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Minniesville is near Shelby County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Minniesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minniesville ...
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.
- Cottage Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Dolomite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Falls Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Falls Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Frenchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Garywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garywood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garywood
- Glenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hillman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Hillman Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Gardens
- Ivanhoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Jones Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Little Italy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Italy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Martins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Minor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Minor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
- Park Courts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Courts is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Courts
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shadyside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Tuxedo Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuxedo Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Heights
- Village Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Minniesville 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 Minniesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Minniesville and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Minniesville to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 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 '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- Minniesville) 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 Minniesville 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 Minniesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4973, Longitude: -86.9342 In this case, the coordinates for Minniesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.754 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.375 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.354 degrees. |
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