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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 Woodfin Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodfin 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 Woodfin Mill:
    • 34.962585, -86.919172
    • 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 Woodfin Mill
  • 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
    • Since Woodfin Mill is near Giles County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Woodfin Mill

Communities Also Named Woodfin Mill ...

We found one communities that are also named Woodfin Mill.

Within Alabama, the name Woodfin Mill is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Woodfin Mill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Lamar County
      • This Woodfin Mill is located in Lamar County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodfin Mill that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Woodfin Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodfin 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.

  • Cash Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
  • Cedar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Easter Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Easter Ferry is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Ferry
  • Hay's Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
  • Holland Gin
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Holland Gin is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Gin
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Giles County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Locke Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Locke Crossroads is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Crossroads
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Piney Chapel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Piney Chapel is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Chapel
  • Poplar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Poplar Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
  • Prospect
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Spring ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Spring is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
  • Veto
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Veto is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
  • Walnut Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodfin Mill to Athens, with an average speed<3> 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 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 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<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Woodfin Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Woodfin Mill 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 Woodfin Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9626, Longitude: -86.9192       In this case, the coordinates for Woodfin Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.828 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.662 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.027 degrees.