Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount View and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount View
- 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 Mount View:
- 34.115930, -86.466654
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount View
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Mount View is near Marshall County and also Cullman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Cullman 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount View ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Mount View.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Mount View.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Cullman County
- This Mount View is located in Cullman County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Mount View.
- Cullman County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Contra Costa 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 California community of Mount View [Contra Costa County].
- New Brunswick
- This Mount View lies 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- Oklahoma
- Comanche County
- This Mount View is located in Comanche County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Mount View.
- Ontario
- This Mount View lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- Oregon
- Jackson 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 Oregon community of Mount View [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- This Mount View is located in Cumberland County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Mount View.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- This Mount View is located in Washington County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mount View.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Mount View is located in Greenville County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Mount View.
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- This Mount View is located in Davidson County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the north of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Mount View.
- Grundy County
- This Mount View is located in Grundy County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northeast of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Mount View.
- Scott 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 Tennessee community of Mount View [Scott County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Mount View is located in Davis County and lies 1,461 miles [2,351.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Mount View.
- Washington
- King County
- This Mount View is located in King County and lies 2,066 miles [3,324.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Mount View.
- Wisconsin
- Marathon County
- This Mount View is located in Marathon County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount View that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Mount View.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount View ...
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.
- Birdie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bright Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Craig
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Fowler ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Fridays Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Highmound
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Old Snead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Rock Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Blount County
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Susan Moore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
How Far From Mount View to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mount View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount View and extending to:
- Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mount View to Oneonta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Blount County: www.co.blount.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Mount View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1159, Longitude: -86.4667 In this case, the coordinates for Mount View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mount View 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Mount View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.509 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.177 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.031 degrees. |