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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 Mixonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mixonville 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 Mixonville:
- 31.704797, -86.948140
- 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 Mixonville
- 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 Conecuh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conecuh County
- Since Mixonville is near Monroe County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Mixonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mixonville ...
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.
- Butler Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Springs is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Springs
- Commerce
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cooks Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cooks Crossroads is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossroads
- Fowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Grace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Old Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Texas is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Texas
- Pine Apple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Saucer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saucer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saucer
- Shacklesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Mixonville 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 Mixonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mixonville and extending to:
- Evergreen, which is the Seat of Conecuh County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mixonville to Evergreen, 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 five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mixonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mixonville 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 Mixonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7048, Longitude: -86.9481 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.636 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.991 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.723 degrees. |
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