Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vinta Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vinta Mill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Vinta Mill

• 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 Vinta Mill:
  • 35.069805, -86.939172
  • 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 Vinta 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
  • Since Vinta Mill is near Limestone County and also Lincoln 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 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 Vinta Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vinta 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
• Crescent View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crescent View is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
• Five Points
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Five Points is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Green Field
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Field is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
• Holland Gin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Holland Gin is located in Limestone County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Gin
• Lesters
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lesters is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
• Liberty
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Liberty is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Minnow Ford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Minnow Ford is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow Ford
• Poplar Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
• Prospect
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Prospect is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <1>
• Sugartree Ford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford
• Veto
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Veto is located in Limestone County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vinta Mill and extending to:

• Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vinta Mill to Pulaski, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 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 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'