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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 Prattville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prattville 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 Prattville:
- 41.782032, -84.399970
- 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 Prattville
- 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 Hillsdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale County
- Since Prattville is near Lenawee County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenawee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 Prattville
Communities Also Named Prattville ...
We found seven communities that are also named Prattville.
Within Michigan, the name Prattville is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Autauga County
- This Prattville is located in Autauga County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the south of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Prattville.
- California
- Plumas County
- This Prattville is located in Plumas County and lies 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km]<1> to the west of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Prattville.
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- This Prattville is located in Bristol County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the east of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Prattville.
- Mississippi
- Madison 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 Mississippi community of Prattville [Madison County].
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa County
- This Prattville is located in Tulsa County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Prattville.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- This Prattville is located in Bradford County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the east of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Prattville.
- Texas
- Delta County
- This Prattville is located in Delta County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Prattville that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Prattville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prattville ...
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.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Frontier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Kunkle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lime Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
- Locust Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pioneer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powers ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ransom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Zone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zone is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
How Far From Prattville 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 Prattville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prattville and extending to:
- Hillsdale, which is the Seat of Hillsdale County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prattville to Hillsdale, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prattville) 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 Prattville 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 Prattville 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 Prattville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7820, Longitude: -84.4000 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.907 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.017 degrees. |
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