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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 Monrovia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monrovia 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 Monrovia:
    • 34.786532, -86.714058
    • 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 Monrovia
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Monrovia is near Limestone County and also Colbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert 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 Monrovia

Communities Also Named Monrovia ...

We found six communities that are also named Monrovia.

Within Alabama, the name Monrovia is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Monrovia is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<1> to the west of the Monrovia that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Monrovia.
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Monrovia is located in Morgan County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the north of the Monrovia that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Monrovia.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • This Monrovia is located in Atchison County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the northwest of the Monrovia that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Monrovia.
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monrovia [Johnson County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Monrovia is located in Frederick County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monrovia that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Monrovia.
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Monrovia is located in Orange County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monrovia that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Monrovia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monrovia ...

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.

  • Cedar Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Valley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
  • Cherry Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
  • French Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • French Hill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
  • Grove Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grove Park is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Harvest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hoover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hoover is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hills is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Jeff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rainbow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rainbow is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
  • Rideout Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rideout Village is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
  • Rolling Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Rolling Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Woods is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Scenic View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Scenic View is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
    • Shady Lane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Shady Lane is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Stag Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Stag Run is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Run
    • Summit Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Place is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Place
    • Union Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Park is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park

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

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

  • Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Monrovia to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Monrovia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Monrovia could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Monrovia 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 Monrovia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7865, Longitude: -86.7141    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.483 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.982 degrees.