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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 Neighbors Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neighbors Mill 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 Neighbors Mill:
    • 34.388703, -86.424708
    • 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 Neighbors Mill
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Neighbors Mill ...

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.

  • Cottonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
    • Cottonville is located in Marshall County
  • Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Crossroads is located in Marshall County
  • Cushion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cushion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushion
    • Cushion is located in Marshall County
  • Diamond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Diamond is located in Marshall County
  • Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Egypt is located in Marshall County
  • Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferns Quarter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
    • Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
  • Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Deposit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
    • Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
  • Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Marshall County
  • Grassy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
    • Grassy is located in Marshall County
  • Hebron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Marshall County
  • Holiday Shores
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
    • Holiday Shores is located in Marshall County
  • Honey Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Ferry
    • Honey Ferry is located in Marshall County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Lakeview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview is located in Marshall County
    • May Apple ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May Apple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Apple
      • May Apple is located in Marshall County
    • Meadow Wood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
      • Meadow Wood is located in Marshall County
    • Oleander
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oleander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
      • Oleander is located in Marshall County
    • Rice
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
      • Rice is located in Marshall County
    • Scant City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scant City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
      • Scant City is located in Marshall County
    • Sunrise Shores
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Shores
      • Sunrise Shores is located in Marshall County
    • Union Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
      • Union Grove is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Grove <2>
    • Union Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
      • Union Hill is located in Cullman County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Neighbors Mill and extending to:

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Neighbors Mill to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 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 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,081 miles [8,177.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Neighbors Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Neighbors Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Neighbors Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3887, Longitude: -86.4247       In this case, the coordinates for Neighbors Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Neighbors Mill 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 313.498 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.202 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.953 degrees.









 

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